College Admissions Essay: The Representation Of Life

Life moves at a very fast pace. Especially when you’re a teenager, like me. But did you know there’s a way to stop time? Okay not literally but… there are little things for each and everybody that helps them slow down and forget and just be in the moment. For me, it’s tennis practice, at night, in the dark, by myself. To me, tennis is a representation of life. When it’s time for the sun to set, it’s time for me to arrive. My routine for my late night solo activities starts with a light stretch kind of like how when you wake up in the morning, you hit the snooze button to help you ease into the day. It’s just all routines, from the way I get ready to serve to a shower in the morning, getting ready to propel yourself into the world or the court. A bounce between my …show more content…
Well, I have to go home at some point so I wrap it up round full circle to where I began, like how you go to bed at night as that’s where you started in the morning. As I get ready to leave, I lay against the fence. I’m dripping in cold sweat, exhausted and my body feels numb. There… time stops. There is no water, food, people, stress… it’s just the chill breeze and my heartbeat. Nothing matters but that moment, I start to appreciate the little things and forget everything that’s wrong with my life. Everything's a blur but eventually it’ll come clear. I linger but I know when it’s time to give into hunger and thirst. As I pack everything up, the wind begins to cut into my skin, chilling my body and freezing the sweat in my shirt. I wonder why I do these things. But it’s the feeling that I am the only person out there that matters and that I can stop time in exchange for exhaustion. It sounds crazy but it’s worth the pain I feel in the morning. In life we often rush, I know I do and it’s brought me many problems, so it doesn’t hurt to slow down every now and then and take a little