Elizabeth Sukhodolska

Elizabeth, 40 +

"I was born in Kyiv. Studied at an experimental school with unique study program, where students were taught not to be surprised by the new methods and instantly axcept them, new teachers, new techniques, new subjects. 
Love to draw since childhood.
After graduating from college to earn money for living I went to work at a boarding school for children with tuberculosis, where I taught children to draw using my own methodology. I worked there for 4 years. And we did art exhibitions and participated in contests and won them!
When I was 24 I studied computer design by myself and started a career as a graphic designer. Everything seemed to go well: the career was succesful, expensive pretensions appeared, I had money to buy expensive things, to go to restaurants and clubs ... But everything was not right, my heart didn't sing.
After 10 years of rapid career growth I threw everything away and settled down to work on an ancient cemetery, which has already become a museum. I dive into the history of Kyiv. Then a dream came to my mind ...
A few years later, my husband and I sold everything we had: appliances, apartments, jewelry, clothes and bought a small plot in the Kyiv region, in a desert area, where we - Kyivites in God knows what generation, that did not keep the axe or scoop in our hands, we built a wooden cottage with our own hands, where we moved with an old grandmother and pets.
We began the real life of people who became themselves. We are happy. We have found our true selves.
What came to me in the last 2 years? I discovered the ability to communicate with animals, plants, anticipating the weather, seeing and feeling a little more than given.
I feel every moment of happiness to be in my home.
And the ancient attraction to the study of medicinal herbs that moles in the female line of our kind, awakened and opened a new world to me. I began to study, collect and grow herbs, make creams, shampoos, teas, masks for me and friends.
Believing in myself, I started the apiary. Now I'm seriously involved in boxing and started singing in the local chapel.
Friends are joking, that all people have only 24 hours a day, and me - 72 :) maybe it is so.
When you're happy, you're full of strength.
And when you are full of strength, time is obeyed.
Everything is possible when you are happy.
It is important for everybody to find your true self and not be afraid of changes."

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