<p>How creative should I be with this (rather than straight out "this activity is important to me because...")? I'm having a really hard time starting it off...</p>
<p>I think if the activity itself is unique it will make for an interesting essay. It's suppose to be pretty short so I would get right to the point and just write it effectively. I mean don't make it boring by writing "i did this because of this and this is why it was special..." or whatever, but don't go into an elaborate story about it either.</p>