Once a blogger...

ALWAYS a blogger!

You would think that after 10 years of being part of the blogging world this girl would be tired of online journaling...

Here is the thing: I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF BLOGGING!

I have lost a few blogs (some that were accidently deleted) in between causing me to get frustrated and take breaks through all these years and actually even went through an identity crises while trying to discover who I was on my little corner of the internet.

Oh how things have changed!!! 

Blogging was simple back then. You would pour your heart out into a post - it was always so raw and emotional. Nowadays everyone is in it for the money which I find quite sad. There is also the word influencer (which is a blogger who mostly posts on Instagram) and there are Youtubers too.

My favorite word so far has to be CREATOR! I think of myself as a creative person and will usually use more than one social media platform so this word is perfect.

How about I give you a chronological throwback (with as many random images as I could find on the internet) about my blogging career:

Year: 2005 - 2008
Platform: TypePad 
Blog Niche: Scrapbooking & Crafts
Name: Crafts by Nina

-This blog was about my crafts & vinyl lettering business. Once I ended my business then I transitioned this blog into Karina's challenge.

Year 2009-2010
Platform: Blogger
Blog Niche: Mommy/Lifestyle/Fashion
Name: Karina's Challenge

-This blog started as a challenge to myself. I wanted to put myself out there more and meet people from all walks of life. I blogged about being a mom, had fashion round-ups, and anything/everything Utah related. I only had it for one year before changing it's name to The Bucket List Girl. 

Year 2010-2014
Platform: WordPress
Blog Niche: Food/DIY/Lifestyle
Name: The Bucket List Girl

-The Bucket List Girl will always be near and dear to my heart. Out of all my lost blogs, this one really hurt me. I wrote so many fun ideas about starting a bucket list. I also shared delicious foods, DIY projects, and completed ALOT of things on my huge bucket list! 

Year 2015-present
Platform: Blogger
Blog Niche: Nutrition/Fitness/DIY/Lifestyle
Name: Nina Talks LLC

- With Nina Talks came Freedom! I was on a path of recovery. My personal World had turned upside down and quite honestly, blogging was the last thing on my mind. I kept hearing this little voice in my head saying that I needed to get back into it. After taking a year off (and having The Bucket List Girl blog deleted by accident) I was ready for a fresh start! So Nina Talks was born. I have had a few host issues in the past 3 years and finally made the switch back to blogger so that this will never happen again! (even though I lost a little bit of my content the past 3 years due to computer crashes). 

How about all this for a throwback? There a few old videos too that I might share with you all in the future. It's great to see how much I've grown not only in the blogging world, but personally in the past 10 years. I hope you stick around as I get things back on track for Nina Talks LLC because I'm here to share extraordinary things with you. Be very REAL. Not hold back and just live life!

xo,
Karina

Pink Roses + A-HA moments!

Flowers used to have such a different meaning to me... It usually went something like this: forgiveness, forgetfulness, guilt, and sympathy. These four words all came to mind when I received flowers from someone. 

Forgiveness usually came first; as if a bouquet of flowers would somehow make me forgive everything that had happened and life would go back to what it previously was. For this specific reason I loathed receiving flowers. Then, as you can imagine the other three words came following... 

I remember when important life events were forgotten by my supposed loved-ones. That's where forgetfulness and guilt somehow came together in "a bouquet form" as if that was supposed to wipe out all my horrible memories away to make room for new ones.

Sympathy flowers didn't happen so often which is a great thing if you think about. When someone feels sorry for you or some life tragedy happens then you know sympathy flowers are coming your way. 

Which it brings me to PINK ROSES. I have always been a very low-maintenance girl that doesn't really care about diamonds, expensive things, or just trendy items in general. But you know what really gets me? ROSES(pink or white to be specific)! 

I had a complete a-ha moment the other day... When I first started dating my-now-boyfriend all of the different meanings I explained above suddenly changed. And it was all due to the fact that he often brought me flowers just because. 

It took me a while to wrap my brain around why my opinions would change so quickly, but I eventually learned that you CAN receive flowers from your loved ones just because they are thinking about you, they miss you, or are proud of you. Better yet: LOVE YOU!

"Do not watch the petals fall from the rose with sadness, know that, like life, things sometimes must fade, before they can bloom again."

xo,

Karina

Nina Talks Podcast Episode #7 - Intimacy Talk

In today's podcast, I talk about the 5 different types of Intimacy and what they mean with you! I hope you enjoy it!

Find me on Social Media under @ninaotalks

Nina Talks Podcast Episode #6 : A good crying session!

On Today's podcast, I share with you why I think it is good to have a crying session. What the signs of depression are and what to do to make yourself feel better. 





xo,

Nina

Our Love Story (the quick version)

Story Time... Almost five years ago I put this cute guy into the “friend zone”. I had quickly met him at our local gym. Then we decided to follow each other on Instagram. He was good looking, charming, a foodie like me, and into fitness. He almost seemed too good to be true...

I personally felt like I wasn’t enough. As a single mother of 2 kids, I didn’t quite understand why someone like him. Single. No kids. Would want to date someone like me. I felt like I wasn’t enough...

Fast forward to now... He is the love of my life! We have become a little family of 4! My kiddos are obsessed with him. He’s become insta-dad. I quickly found that I  am enough for him! He continues to surprise me and sweep me off my feet...

Our future looks amazing! He cheers me on and supports me on every decision I make. We are now becoming business partners and I can’t think of anyone else I would want to this with. We are here because I took a chance on that cute guy. Can’t wait to see what the future holds!

xo,

Karina