Hello and Assalamualaikum!

I’m Nadiya, a digital marketing business owner from Pakistan living in Halifax, Canada with my husband, daughter & son. I love creating websites & providing social media support to my clients worldwide. I have 12+ years of corporate & business work experience from UK, Pakistan & Canada. I also provide audit & mentoring services & have a digital shop.

Welcome to my blog where you’ll know the drama that I am, my love for Pakistan and planet Jupiter and my general rambling on what’s what! I have so much to talk about. I’m passionate about Tennis, truck art, family trees, organizing, traveling, stamp collection, natural remedies, leaf art, social media, cats, blogging, chess and so much more! I’m always exploding with ideas. Come let’s socialize.

My blog is a space where I share my thoughts about travelling, relationships, social issues, organizing, stories of struggle, well-being and genealogy. I love colour and that is reflected in my paintings. I want this blog to be the ultimate source of creativity and inspiration. I am passionate about DIYs, making journals, family trees, painting, de-cluttering, scrapbooking, Table Tennis and pets.

My Ideology

I believe that life is too short. Do what you love. Make time for things that make you happy!

My Hobbies

Other than work, there are many things that keep me busy as follows:

Table tennis – I love playing table tennis
Genealogy – I am a genealogist and have discovered my family up to 1560s
Stamp collection – I have inherited this hobby from my ancestors
Blogging – I write about anything that I feel could be of value to the readers
Painting – I use acrylics in most of my artwork
Pakistani dramas – I enjoy watching dramas and following episodes
Namaz, Quran – I try to say 5 prayers every day and read Quran whenever I can
Travelling – I am a travel enthusiast and love exploring new places
Trekking – I love trekking on mountains and hills for exotic view from the top
Journaling – I love making travel journals of exciting tours/holidays inc. important discoveries
Poetry – I have been writing poems most of my life and have won competitions
Decor – I am interested in keeping an exotic home with quality wall hangings
Pets – I have always kept pets in my life (except now in Canada)
Tennis – I have been a Tennis player since I was very young. Since moving to Canada, I haven’t been able to play.

My Inspiration

I am inspired by faith, nature, creativity, colour, purity, minimalism, essentialism and enthusiasm.

My Struggles

So far in my life I have lived in 22 houses and worked with 9 companies. I spent 5 years of my life in London. I have worked under 13 bosses so far and have been a supervisor and manager. My family fought a painful battle with Cancer and we lost our dad in 2012. The whole world turned upside down and the ones we expected to be there for us, betrayed us badly. I got divorced end of the same year. I got engaged in 2013 and married in 2015 to the man of my dreams. That finally gave me the hope that if there are crazy people in the world, there are angels too. Thank God I was saved from becoming a pessimist.

Having been through severe tests in my life so far, I also want my blog to be a place where those who are suffering can find solace. Whether you are moaning the loss of a loved one or you have been deceived by someone you never expected it from, I want this blog to be a place where readers find stories of struggle and their burden can be shared or reduced.

My Family

I come from a very artistic and creative family. My dad’s hobby was photography and captured some masterpieces. My mom is an artist and a writer. She has held over 12 solo painting exhibitions. She writes for newspapers like The News and Dawn. She has her own blog which you can access here. My older sister Nataliya is the one who inspired me to write and start my own blog. Here is a link to her blog. She is also a photographer by profession and has her Facebook page here. My younger sister Waliya is a full-time photographer and her work can be seen here. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the articles on this blog.