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