STAY OR LEAVE?
She studies veterinary medicine.
But she is already asking the question that haunts an entire generation.
Can she build the life she wants in Croatia?
Or is there a third path?
PARADOX
JULIJA
by KKV
PARADOX #004 · Guest: Julija
Do you have to leave Croatia
to live well?
Julija studies veterinary medicine and is already facing a decision many young people know too well. Stay. Or leave. But instead of waiting for graduation to start thinking about her future, she began building a third option.
A conversation about the future, money, ambition, staying in Croatia — and a life that doesn't have to fit into one single career.
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About this episode
This is not a conversation about university. It is a conversation about a decision an entire generation carries: stay in Croatia, or leave. Julija speaks openly about building a third option — a life that doesn't depend on one degree and one career.
Key takeaways
Stay or leave isn't the only choice
Why the question of leaving is rarely about a country — and mostly about perspective.
The third path
How to build an option that doesn't depend on a single job or a single diploma.
Money without shame
Why young people need to speak openly about money and the value of their work.
Start before you feel ready
Why Julija didn't wait for graduation to start building her future.
Ambition is not betrayal
How to stay connected to home and still want more.
Episode description
In the fourth PARADOX episode I talk with Julija, a veterinary student, about a question asked quietly but constantly in Croatia: can I build the life I want here? We talk about the future, money, ambition, the fear of the wrong decision — and what happens when someone refuses both offered options and builds a third one.
Which decision are you postponing?
Watch the full episode and think about the life you actually want to build.
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I am Katarina — a mother, a wife, a nurse and the head of a department in Germany.
I know the feeling when social expectations and other people's opinions try to define the limits of what we believe we can achieve. That is exactly why I believe the greatest changes begin the moment we stop living by someone else's rules.
I create the PARADOX conversations for women, for mothers and for everyone who feels there is more in them, but who is still held back by fear, by other people's expectations and by patterns they were taught to accept for years.
I believe success does not mean being perfect. Success means having the courage to be yourself, to make your own decisions, and never to let someone else's opinion define the value of your life.
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