PHOTO | On the slopes below Jakupica with Tanja Blagojevi:: I chose to be a miracle, how goats, herbs, snakes, swallows are like our children…

Ten years ago, journalist Tanja Blagoević decided to leave her bad habits and start a completely new life on the slopes of Jakupica. Today, she is sure that the decision made was correct.

Tanja Blagoević, a former longtime and successful journalist, ten years ago left the city life and went to the village, located under the slopes of Jakupica. She bravely set out on her new life adventure alone, and now she is accompanied by her husband and two children who were born there. They live and enjoy all the benefits of nature, in fact, they themselves are a part of nature, they take care of goats, bees, chickens..., produce organic products primarily for themselves, and sell the surplus.      

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Koga and kif it came to this decision, did you go alone in the adventure of the new life, и where did you find your peace and its a new profession? 

- People's alienation from nature, dead food, air, water... is what makes people sad and sick. The absence of these life-giving elements were the reason why I left the city on my own ten years ago and "returned" to my own living nature. I left my bad habits and started a completely new life, a life for beginners on the slopes of Jakupica.

we produce organic soaps and honey, but cheese, eggs, and teas are not far behind. / Photo: Private archive

What personal changes Вand brought them new life? 

– The most important change is that I started to notice the living things around me, plants, bugs, trees, stars... Living nature is the best teacher. If you are surrounded by all living things around you, then you are living.

The most beautiful change in my life was that I became a wife and mother. Einstein said: There are two ways to live life, the first is as if there are no miracles, and the other is as if everything is a miracle. I chose to be a miracle. Miracles are natural, it is not natural not to have miracles.

You are the mother of two children, how do they manage in life in nature? Шwhat do you plan to do next when it's time for them to go to school?

- Children do not manage, they simply live by themselves, they were born here and are an inseparable part of nature. Thanks to the "new" time, combined teaching has appeared, so we will adapt to it. Part of us will be transported by horses through the living nature, part of us will learn online.

What does your day look like? 

– Our day is completely filled, we dedicate every second to one of the children. The goats, the herbs, the snakes, the swallows... are like our children, they all ask for a little attention and love, if we miss one, the sadness is immediately felt.

Why did you decide to focus on goat products?

- We decided on goats because we needed milk for the children, and the goat gives the best quality milk. In addition to goats, we have village chickens, bees, a vegetable garden and nature that surrounds us and gives us herbs in abundance. Dogwoods, rosehips, blackberries..., so we have everything for a healthy life.

What products do you offer on the market and what is their specificity? 

- We primarily produce for ourselves, and we sell the excess products. Our most common products are organic soaps and honey, but cheese, eggs, teas, etc. are not far behind. Their characteristic is that they are organic, taken directly from the source. They are made according to the recipes of our ancestors and most importantly, during their preparation we do not pollute our mother nature.

In the following, see what Tanya's everyday life looks like Blagoević:

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