My hobbies!

I actually have a lot of things I like doing in my free time, but I tend not to do them because of the lack of time, or mostly, because I’m lazy.

My favourite activity is bicycling, which I have liked since I was little. I always remember bicycles being my favourite gift to receive, whether in Christmas or in my birthday. I believe it is an essential object in my life, but like I said before, either because of the lack of time or because I’m lazy, I don’t go ride my bike too much, but I do go out whenever I can. I’m lucky my boyfriend loves bicycling so it’s an activity we both enjoy a lot and he also encourages me to do it more often.

Another hobby I have is watching television (TV), which takes up most of my time. I believe this is one of my favourite activities, though because I don’t have much time, I don’t get to do it as often as I used to. However, I always try to arrange my schedule so I can have some time to watch TV. Before, I used to spend more time watching TV since I watched different series, soap-operas and other TV shows, but now I don’t do that anymore. Still, I must admit watching TV relaxes me a lot and it takes up most of my free time.

Among other things I like to do, above all stands out the time I dedicate to animals, dogs and cats mostly. Since I was little, this has been a subject which I feel very passionate about and it was the reason why, for many years I wanted to study veterinary; but then I realised that veterinary didn’t satisfy my goals and what I really like doing.

My whole family loves animals which is where I think I got all the love I have for them. In my home, whenever we’ve had the chance to, we’ve taken in animals but since my house is really small, we usually try to give them away and whenever we can’t find them a home, we keep them and take care of them together. By now, I have five dogs and three cats, all of them adopted from the streets.

Besides the pets I have in my home, whenever I can I help out institutions that help animals or I help directly animals that are on the streets or in situations I find unfair, whether by buying them food, giving them water or defending them from adverse situations. The truth is I would like to dedicate more time to do this, but I haven’t been able for different reasons, may it be because of the money or because some other things demand more time from me.
I would like to keep doing this for the rest of my life because I believe it is a very important task in daily life, since concerning stray dogs it is an important matter that lately has been in the news and up for political and social debate. This is a situation that drives me to dedicate more time to help animals and to make out of this hobby a permanent activity. Since I was little, my family encouraged me to develop strong feelings about this matter and many people that are close to me also loves animals like I do; which is why I believe it is an activity I have enjoyed doing since I was little and whenever I can I try to encourage other people to act like I do and make them realise the importance of this matter. This is my way of doing a small part to help in finding a solution; so there is no more animal cruelty and no more stray dogs roaming the streets and we can hopefully find them a home or help them have a better life, something every living being deserves.