I really miss this smell

Typica

Free Time Activities

To be honest, when I think of free time, I think of those activities or chores that I have not been able to complete during the week. I realize that my free time in the last years has been focused on family activities with my daughter and husband.

In this sense, I am still not able to get the hang of breaking out of the routine and finding or having time just for myself. I must admit that I love the time when my family goes to bed and the house is completely silent and only for me. Many times, I put my headphones on and start listening to music while I read and / or write. This activity in my free time is very rewarding.

In general, I think my hobbies are not only solitary but also therapeutic (I like doing origami, reading, writing, hiking, making amigurumis, weaving, watching movies in their original version, among others). For this reason, I guess these hobbies do not have a great impact on my current social life. Do not get me wrong, I think I am a sociable person; however, San Martin de Valdeiglesias is okay but nothing to write home about. I can not find the cultural activities that I would like to do in my free time. For instance, when I lived in Alcalá de Henares, I had a group of friends with whom I would read books which later would serve as a debate for movies, then it was great to be able to read the book and then compare it with the movie. Thanks to this group I learned a lot about cinema and literature. I also had another theatre group, who were real culture vultures so with these people I went out to see plays regularly. Without a doubt, the best memory, getting to know the Teatro Real. These friends are simply fantastic, in fact thanks to them I had dabbled in the art of acting,

As well as this, I used to go out to concerts, with another group of musical friends and thanks to them I first went to the most special place for me: Clamores Jazz in Madrid, a place that is as simple as it is varied. And something that I enjoyed a lot, was going to the Irish bar (near to the soportales in the main square) once a week, to speak in English with unknown people, just for the pleasure of practicing my speaking.

Finally, I would like to take up scuba diving, because among other things I love the sea (I come from a country that has no access to the sea), so I would like to feel the sensation of deep diving and, of course, explore the marine world, but I know this is and unrealistic dream. I believe that my second option is more real. I would like to take up transverse flute classes, because I adore its sound, and the music in my life has always been an unfinished business.

Song to wake up a little boy ...

It's funny, but as time goes by, just listen to a melody or feel a scent to inevitably see the sky and think of you ... I miss you so much Dad

There ain´t no mountain high enough !!!

We are about to finish the holidays ;( a time for others full of joy, laughter, play, sea, sand and a lot of sun ... more than I like ha ha ha .... my little girl, this year as always we get warmed up to face a new course, full of challenge and of course learning....

Doping

When I think of any sport that is practiced on a professional level, I consider that it's one of the best ways to be self-disciplined, to learn to work in a team, to learn to give your best effort (people always want to break their limits), to learn that winning is more than being the first; it's understanding that it's part of a hard work process, that losing doesn't mean being the worst or the last, but it could be the golden opportunity that teaches you to see your mistakes as part of your training and/or growth.

However, when an elite athlete reaches his peak of performance and savours the pleasure of being recognized and admired in his discipline, he could be tempted to make this performance something continuous and / or permanent. Or conversely, if an elite athlete, despite what he does, doesn't reach a high level of performance, he could also resort to substances that stimulate and improve his performance.

In both cases, I think the problem lies in the fact that not all elite athletes are tolerant of frustration; considering this type of behavior is feedback from when we are toddlers. Obviously, we all like to win and we enjoy it a lot when we are the winners, because since we are kids, competitiveness is encouraged more than cooperation. Up to a point it's good that we all have the motivation to win, but not at any price. Not everything can go in order to be the first and/or the winner; or not everything should be allowed.

This idea would theoretically be the ideal, but in reality we see in the press that there are many cases of doping in the sports world. On the one hand, I think retroactive punishment of an elite athlete who has used illegal substances, is not ideal, because if you want to modify or penalize a negative behavior it would be more effective if it is immediate. But on the other hand, I believe that it's better to correct an improper act , even if it is extemporaneously: better late than never.

In this sense, the message must be clear: doping to win is cheating, and this act will have a double penalty, at the sports level (suspension of the practice of said sport) and at a social level (the loss of prestige from being a winner to being an imposter). The point is that every person has his own scale of values and priorities.

Consequently, I believe that it's equally or more important to train elite athletes in social skills than simply to develop their sporting discipline. It's so or even more important to learn from error (often losing is part of winning, losing you gain experience, you can develop new and different strategies, you strengthen and temper your character), to understand that as an elite athlete you are fallible, in addition your career has a date of expiration. Likewise, it would be very important to develop techniques of physiological deactivation, among many others, to achieve the full performance of an elite athlete.

I think that if you invest in all these aspects, it would be more effective than the simple punishment and /or penalty of an athlete. And on the other hand, we could break the stigma that falls on some elite athletes: all brawn and no brain.

Days like these, I can't help thinking about you ..... my dear daddy

Last dance?

One of the pleasures of this world of which I could not do without ....  dancing