Like many people, Anna aspired to success and dreamed of a career in a big city. She moved to Moscow and started working in a medical clinic, but over time she realized that this way of life didn't bring her satisfaction. Her soul longed for harmony with nature, a life away from the bustle of the city, in a kin’s settlement in the Rostov region, where she spent her childhood.
It didn't happen right away - by the time Anna decided to change her lifestyle she had a small child and financial difficulties. Only 2 years later the move materialized.
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"It was the first time I just lived. Not running anywhere, not getting up on an alarm clock. My daughter and I took many walks around the neighborhood, bathed in the river, explored local herbs, got acquainted with near and far neighbors" - says Anna
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In the same year Anna met her future husband Vitaly. He left the business, the house in the city, and moved to the kin’s domain to Anna.
"During these four years of living in the kin’s domain, we had two children. We have planted a garden, my husband is completing the dream bathhouse. But the most important thing is that slowly the love is growing. And we are growing." - the couple share
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The main income for the family comes from the online store. The family's labor is devoted to creating useful products that enhance human health: the spouses collect steppe herbs, create teas and herbal collections, make oils and therapeutic ointments, as well as medicinal complexes based on herbs.
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Also, Anna conducts training programs on collecting herbs and maintains a personal blog, where she shares their life and useful tips about life in the kin’s domain and its arrangement.
The Tsvetkov family is convinced that life in the kin’s settlement is not easier than life in the city, but it does not lack simple and valuable things: for example, the opportunity to breathe fresh air, eat their own grown fruits , and vegetables or walk barefoot in their garden.
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"Life in a kin’s domain is a life full of labor and responsibility. You don't just have to be here, you have to feel. When to plant a seed in the ground, when to rest, and take a break from doing things. It seems to me that in such a life a person grows in his strength and morality. He becomes more honest, kinder, gentler." - Anna believes.
