Young woman from Croatia creating my own life, with nature, with very little money.

in introduceyourself •  8 years ago  (edited)


I was born in 1993. in Tounj, a small picturesque town right in the middle of Croatia. The nature there still takes my breath away with beautiful underground caves emerging from the hillside with fresh water generously flowing, feeding the soil with minerals, sheep grazing the grassy shores and the rocky cliffs... Something you'd expect to see in fairy tales. Right now I am studying the graphic arts in Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia (about 100km/60miles north of Tounj). In a few months I'll be graduating and I am supposed to then find a way to make a living, and become independent which, in today's world can be quite terrifying.
All my life I could never really decide on one thing that I wanted to do. I always had a thousand different interests. Everything was interesting to me. From diy, fixing things, trying to understand how things work, to the arts, the sciences, nature, gardening, animals, plants, medicine, psychology, education... So much to learn. And having to choose only one thing scared me, because I wasn't ready go give anything up.
During my college years I realized that there is a way to design your life to be what you want it to be. I learned that You don't really have to walk down the same paths everyone else is. I realized that you can actually just walk wherever you want to go, wherever your curiosity takes you. All that matters in the end is that you see all the things you wanted to see. And do all the things you wanted to do, to actually live YOUR life, not someone else's.
So here is where I am going to write about all of it. This is the story of how I lived my life to the fullest and how I achieved my dreams. Welcome!  These are some of the topics I am going to be talking about: permaculture, starting an off grid camp, farm, natural building, cooking, sustainability, living rich without money, bicycle touring, camping, gardening, society, conscious living, compassion, love and community.

Here are some of the places to find me if maybe you want to see what I am up to:
https://www.instagram.com/lana_ujdenica/
https://www.youtube.com/lanaujdenica

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  ·  8 years ago (edited)

In the "real" world I have a tough time finding people I can relate to even a tiny bit. Less than a day after finding about Steemit I find your introduction and it is like looking in a mirror.
I don't even know where to begin here, so to keep it short: "you either know little about everything or a lot about one single thing" is a dangerous lie. What we need most now is people who can get the big picture. Fight against mediocrity, don't bow to academia and please don't ever be so despaired that 8 hours/day in a cube could sound as an option. I too am striving to use permaculture for my sustainment, so that all my time can become "free time" (for growing, thinking, learning and confronting the void). It is hard, and it is not as cheap as the books would suggest (it is costly either in money or in effort (both)), but it's the cause that's really worth fighting for (your own freedom).
P.S. Watch Captain Fantastic! :D

Hi there @lana-iz-tounja ! Welcome to Steemit. I really like your thoughts on life and totally agree, upvoted and following! Looking forward to you next posts, Be sure to follow us and we will keep you updated on our life story too :) Hope you will have a good time here on Steemit ! :)

Welcome to steemit! Good luck on here and with your efforts and dreams in general! You seem like a brave an interesting individual, upvoted and I followed you.

Welcome to Steemit @lana-iz-tounja :)

Bienvenidos

Welcome to Steemit

I nemoj zaboravit navratit u balkanos sobu na steemit chat

welcome aboard!

Another Croatian girl is always more than welcome on steemit! Welcome and I hope you will enjoy your stay :)

Welcome to steemit, I look forward to reading your posts:)...

Following you! And on Instagram too :)

Happy to meet you.

Can't to hear more.

i would love to be there,,, but welcome to Kenya too....

Welcome upvoted and followed.

sweet!

Drago mi je da si se pridružila, nadam se da ćeš se zabaviti :)

Welcome to Steemit! :))

up voted and followed

Welcome and thanks for the tutorials below!

hi @lana-iz-toulja, pozdrav iz Šibenika
always here for support
you can join in #balkanos chat room on https://steemit.chat/home

Dobro došli! Although I am Canadian born, both of my parents are Croatian born (from Zadar and Virovitica).

Following you now. :)

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