Wild Heart, Gypsy Soul
Channeling my inner Esmeralda in this gorgeous white top, which I decided to dress down with semi-ripped jeans. I added a summer touch with beige open-toe heels. My favorite of the entire outfit is of course the stunning IVANA bag. Louis Vuitton, move over, this young high-end brand is the new musthave! What I love about it, is that you can buy the bag in a base color (in this case it’s beige/tan), and then add any flap you like, making it look like a totally different bag. Check it out here and if you’re in Hilversum city, the Netherlands, make sure to drop by the store in the Gooische Brink Passage.
My top is from SheIn. All outfit details with direct shopping links below.
Shooting this outfit was a bit exhausting, as it was a murphy’s law kinda day, with everything going wrong, from crazy delays to empty camera-batteries. Hope you can’t tell. Special thanks to Fons de Keijzer, my photographer who has all the patience in the world, which comes quite handy with me being both woman and Surinamese ;-). Enjoy the full photo diary!
Quote of the day:
”What’s the greatest lesson you should learn? – That since day one you already have everything you need within yourself. It’s the world that convinced you, you don’t”.
Love,
Nadira
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- Published in Written Archives 2013-2018
Asymmetric Edginess
Combining an asymmetric off-the-shoulder knit body with a linnen capri business pant of course wasn’t out of the box enough, I wouldn’t be Nadira, if I didn’t add a little edginess to the look with my exclusive spike-heels, which where a present from my dear friend and celebrity stylist Bjorn van den Berg. The baret and glasses bring back the Parisienne in me, and even though I was in a hurry to put this outfit together, I have to say…it worked out quite well…
Again a beautiful location picked out by my photographer Fons de Keijzer, who makes my life so much easier by taking the location pondering off my to do list.
I’m hoping you agree and enjoy my full photo diary. As always, all outfit details and direct shopping links are listed all the way down below.
Quote of the day: ”Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude”. <3
Love,
Nadira
Body: Shein . Pants: BBarbarella by Trees. Shoes: Bjorn van den Berg.
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I Had No Choice…
…but to boss up and take control.
The other day I was watching one of my favorite tv shows Suits. Apart from the tremendously sexy Harvey Specter, I learn a lot about life from this show, which is why I would recommend everyone watching it.
In one of the episodes from some seasons back, Harvey asked Mike: ”What are your choices when someone puts a gun to your head?”. Mike answered: ”You do what they say or they shoot you?”, where Harvey replied: ”Wrong. You take the gun. Or pull out a bigger one. Or, you call their bluff. Or, you do any one of a hundred and forty six other things. If you can’t think for yourself, maybe you’re not cut out for this”.
If you take this dialogue and apply it to life in general, there is so much you can learn. We’ve all been in situations where we feel like we have no choice. Like we have a gun to our head and no other options. Truth is, we always have a choice. We have so much power, if you consider that by even only choosing to look at the glass half full instead of empty, it changes the situation (the power of choosing to think differently, already changes perspective). But also, there is always a way to make happen what you want to happen, even if it’s a long path.
I’m not ready to tell you guys what I’ve been dealing with, but I’ve been fighting my own battles. One of the things I’ve encountered is that wherever life takes you, know that you are so much stronger than you think. You have the ability to, in ANY situation, choose to boss up, to choose to keep fighting, to find ways to make happen whatever it is you want to make happen. There is always a way, so think outside the box and don’t let any ”gun” intimidate you into a corner where you’re convinced there are no other options or into doing something you don’t want to.
Love,
Nadira
Wearing: Dress & Bag from SheIn. Photo diary including all direct shopping links below:
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Photography by: Jesse Verboog.
- Published in Self-Discovery & Growth, Written Archives 2013-2018
Nothing Changes, Until You Do
There is a lot happening in my life at the moment…It’s all very personal, so I cannot share any details until I’ve figured out the most important things for myself. It’s a time of deep reflection and contemplation for me, which will inevitably lead to change. It’s so scary because it’s unknown, and for the exact same reason it’s exciting as well. It’s difficult because it requires completely stepping out of my comfort zone and being honest to myself, which I haven’t been for a while.
All I know for sure is…Nothing changes until you do. The very definition of ”Insanity” by the great Albert Einstein, is ”doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results”.
So…if you want things to work out differently, you have to behave differently, which starts by thinking differently.
It’s so easy to evoke responsibility and blame everyone and everything else for the situation. The problem with that is that you’re only fooling yourself. YOU are the common denominator in every situation in your life. So always start with yourself whenever you’re in a situation you want to change. Ask yourself: ”What can I do to change the situation?”
An example is that I often observe women around me dating the same kind of men, and not the good kind. They’re not happy, yet they will keep attracting those until they learn the lesson and choose differently….and that goes for pretty much everything else in life.
Sometimes it means sucking up your pride and realising that you’re in your own way of finding happiness. It means it’s time to be really honest with yourself, instead of that story you keep telling yourself.
”The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” – Socrates. For more on the subject of change, read my past blog ”Change”.
Love,
Nadira
Full photo diary and all outfit details below (Click on product pictures to shop the item). Another lovely fashion shop you ladies will love me for sharing is Romwe. Gorgeous, high quality fashion shipped really fast internationally.
Outfit details (Click on pictures to go to shop the look): Blouse: Romwe.
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- Published in Self-Discovery & Growth, Written Archives 2013-2018
27
I can’t believe it, because most of time I feel like I’m still that little girl discovering the big fascinating world around her…but yes, as of today (2nd of June 2016)…I’m officially 27!
One of the things I repeatedly hear is ”Your life is perfect”. Believe me, my friends, it’s not. I have my fair share of struggles, however, I choose to share the positive with you.
I prefer to count my blessings instead of my troubles.
You know you’re blessed when you are genuinely loved, appreciated and valued; when you have a healthy body, an intelligent mind, a roof over your head, good food on the table, millions of opportunities to make your dreams and goals come true, but also enough challenges to make you stronger and keep growing. You know you’re blessed when you can enjoy beautiful sunsets, and all the other little things you tend to take for granted. When you can breathe in clean air and feel safe. You know you’re blessed when if people ask you what you want for your birthday, you can’t come up with anything, because you already have everything. I honestly couldn’t be more grateful, so I’m celebrating life, in its perfect imperfection!
27 & The best is yet to come!
Love,
Nadira
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*Update, June 3, 2016: You know you’re blessed when you’ve received almost 1000 of the sweetest birthday messages!
I’m overwhelmed, thank you from the bottom of my heart!!*
Outfitdetails: Dress & Shoes – Missguided.
Lipstick: Candy K by Kylie mixed with Sierra NYX Cosmetics.
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- Published in Self-Discovery & Growth, Written Archives 2013-2018