Author: Waakiye

  • From could kitchen to rent control:Businesses that you could start…!

    From could kitchen to rent control:Businesses that you could start…!

    If you could start a new business right now, what would it be?

    28/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    If I could start a business it would most probably be something related to food…!


    To be honest I love the process of procuring material,

    And cooking food for myself…!


    And,

    If we could do it on a smaller level like a cloud kitchen first and after that if the business runs successfully we can open a dedicated place which I hope I can buy outright,

    Because I don’t want the threat of rent looming on my mind that I definitely cannot miss paying the owner in the first week of every month…!


    To be honest—

    If I can buy a place outright,

    There wouldn’t be a need for me to open a business in the first place because everyone knows the rates of properties are in Delhi these days…!


    If,

    Money was never a problem to begin with…!

    —

    I’d construct a building(singular at first)

    And provide people houses that are within their budget and have multiple houses in a single floor…!


    This would be my way of giving back to the community;

    But,

    Nothing’s free so,

    I would charge them less compared to others in the vicinity,

    Which would crash the rent housing market in the area which would ultimately push the other landlords either to lower their rates or push them to form a rule which would involve the local government body and take the form of finally forming a rent control body which would help form a rate ceiling in which everyone would come to play…!

    (Haha, this is a nice book idea…!)

    Don’t steal it from me…!


    Khair

    Within my vicinity

    I would love to open a shop that provides the basic services of printing, photocopy and a proper kirana shop,

    Because there are a few in my area but they are slowly dying due to these dark stores of Blinkit and Instamart…!

    So the last option is scratched off…!


    What are some ideas that you have,

    If you do,

    Do share them in the comment,

    They’re open and I reply to them…!


    Hope your Monday goes well…!

    All the best 😇

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • From stomach to mind: Eating habits that help me live life better…!

    From stomach to mind: Eating habits that help me live life better…!

    What are your best healthy eating habits?

    27/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    To be honest,

    I’m not in a place to give anyone healthy eating habits anytime soon,

    But,

    There are some rules that I follow,

    Which help me live my life better…!


    I try not to have anything after 10…!

    This might sound opposite to what you’ve heard,

    But,

    Imagine coming home around 9 which is a reality for the most of us,

    We cannot have a gap of 5-6 hours between our meal and our sleep…!


    I try to add protein to my diet to feel fuller

    I mean this is something that everyone knows,

    Protein helps you build muscles and its digestion takes time so it keeps you full longer…!


    I keep some sweet treats with me but calorie conscious ones…!

    Chocolate covered almonds or hazelnuts,

    Yes,

    But,

    Make it dark chocolate no direct sugar..!

    Dusted with cocoa powder gives it a bitter taste in the beginning

    Try it if you can..!


    Try to avoid sugary drinks

    Yes

    I mean those bottles of cold drinks.

    I’m not an old head yapping about it like you must have seen but if something is bad it’s bad for all of us…!

    If you have a habit,

    Try to shift to a smaller bottle,

    If you drink a 750 ml,

    Have a 500 mL one and later when you’re on 500 mL one shift to 300 mL can or 250 mL bottle…!

    Then it will be easy to quit…!


    Portion control ?

    Something that has worked on and off for me,

    But,

    I do end up having a late night snack after…!


    Have a cheat meal …!

    Eat what you want once every two week and that too only one meal,

    Only one meal,

    Try to make it a lunch or breakfast but not dinner…!


    Well,

    These are some habits that work for me,

    They might not work for you,

    But,

    That is something that you can try and find out about yourself or a nutritionist who can guide you better…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Happy Sunday 😊

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Morning walks under sun and decluttering life…!

    Morning walks under sun and decluttering life…!

    What are some life hacks that you practice?

    26/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    There are a few life hacks that I practice to keep myself sane tbh…!


    Even these things that get labelled as monotonous help me live my life to the fullest…!


    Well firstly,

    I pen down anything that I have on my mind the first thing in the morning as soon as I wake up before going to the washroom or during the time I’m sitting on the can…!


    Secondly,

    The morning walks that help me declutter my mind,

    And,

    It helps me get a fresh perspective into life while looking at these flowers, leaves and people who surround us…!


    Thirdly

    I think I sit on a lot of things and believe the fact that everything that comes to me doesn’t necessarily has to be an inspiration that I can work on at that very instant,

    But some of them are a fragments that I can conveniently place in a story line later or somewhat of a life lesson which helps me picture a piece later..!


    Fourth

    When something hurts me,

    I turn to writing about it from both gendered perspectives which gives me an insight to work on later…!

    This thinking from both ways has given me an insight into how it feels to the feminine character too…!


    Lastly

    I manage my time a whole lot,

    I try to fix my hours at work and not overwork myself because that gives me less and less reason to continue it the next day…!

    And,

    But,

    All of the things come to a halt when I’m writing…!


    I guess these four hacks are the top most of the things that I do,

    Honestly—

    To live this life in a fuller way and better way than to rot in my bed…!

    An activity that is somewhat of a fixed thing that happens on my day off…!

    🫪😂


    What are the life hacks that you have which let you life a better life…?

    Do let me know in the comments…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • A strong believer in karma and how karma points are managed by our mutual conscience…

    A strong believer in karma and how karma points are managed by our mutual conscience…

    Do you believe in karma?

    25/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I am a strong believer in the concept of karma…!


    Well,

    To a point that if I think bad about someone/something(which I don’t…!)

    I have to pay it back multifold,

    Like,

    The universe waits and thinks that it needs to teach me a lesson…!


    Khair


    Yes,

    My belief in karma predates me,

    To be honest I think that hell is here and we have to face each and every one of the bad thing that we did,

    Even if it’s something like badmouthing someone…!


    And,

    A portion of karmic points are carried over to this world of ours from our previous life if we passed away untimely…!


    To be honest there are a lot of things that I feel I have to face which I think are a part of what I owed in last life,

    And,

    I am humbly doing my part with a hope that I do no harm to anyone,

    Say no bad about anyone,

    And think nothing bad about anyone…!


    And if,

    I said something bad to someone without knowing,

    I apologise,

    I sincerely do,

    But,

    I hope you can correct me so that I won’t repeat it ever again…!


    And,

    If you don’t,

    Then I don’t think I’m to blame,

    I’m a human after all,

    Not an ever knowing G0d who knows what’s going on in your mind…!


    What if our world ran on karma points instead of whatever we currently are right now…?

    Do let me know how you feel…!


    Check out the album by Karan Aujla

    We get the hint of old Karan Aujla in this one and the track rap killer featuring Azaad4L is an absolute banger…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • All paths that lead to a reader’s heart…! ♥️

    All paths that lead to a reader’s heart…! ♥️

    How do you write what people actually want to read?

    24/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    To be honest when a person sits to write, it’s not always that they write for the world…!


    Sometimes a piece of text is written to get that heavy feeling of your chest,

    And,

    Sometimes a scenario is prepared that happened to them or someone they know…!


    To me some pieces come in short bursts like a perspective here and there,

    Or,

    An ending of a story or a scene that came to my mind and I have to create a story behind it all…!


    It really differs from person to person,

    The writing process too—

    Some people like to tweak it to look professional and provide the reader with a sense that the author is refined;

    Some leave it rough and that is something i like an abrupt ending here, which gives me a sense that the author didn’t stretch a thought longer than they had to…!


    I mean,

    Sometimes you have to write something that is not normal—

    Something that is attention grabbing and keeps people hooked,

    Or,

    Something spicy…!

    Well,

    The things we do to grab the attention of our readers…! 🥲


    Khair

    The process of writing differs from person to person,

    And,

    That is what makes each writing unique—

    Unique to a point where people steal each others stuff too and present it to be theirs…!

    And that is where clash happens…!


    There are a lot of things that get plagiarised and often writers come under heat and somehow the issues are quashed sometimes they float on forever like the case of

    Rupi Kaur and Nayyirah Waheed


    Well,

    People who write—

    Write;

    What are you going to do about it,

    Some write without uploading or worrying about how world will perceive it at all…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Being spontaneous and planning a trip to Shimla…!

    Being spontaneous and planning a trip to Shimla…!

    What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?

    23/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Well,

    The most spontaneous thing that I ever did was to leave…!


    To be honest I left home in the late hours before my day off i.e. A Sunday and travelled…!

    Well,

    I ended up exploring Delhi that day…!


    I went without a thought just my phones and a wallet with some money in it…!

    That’s it…!


    I ended up talking to a friend of mine who lives in old Delhi and told him that I was in the vicinity and if he was free and to my coincidence he was…!


    It was paranthas at first which we shared and later it was Karim’s where we worded butter chicken and mutton mughlai with plain rice and butter naan…!

    My mouth feels like it’s watering right now remembering the flavor…!

    🤤🤤


    Another one was crashing at a friends place after I called him out of blue and asked him about his well being…!

    We hung out for a while, had coffee and decided to crash the night after getting dinner and this guy was a pure vegetarian so we grabbed some snacks chaap and paneer and the ol reliable black dal and a kadai panner with butter naan…!


    Lastly,

    I’d call the most spontaneous thing that I ever did was the trip to Shimla…!

    Yes,

    I just got paid and decided to spend the time with a friend who shifted to America..!

    We planned the trip and were out of our homes with a bag and another one with the booze that we carried on ourselves…!

    We reached Shimla, booked a spot and went out during the day and drank at night with company,

    Snacks and a light dinner later…!


    Even if it feels like I’m not that spontaneous,

    I’ve had my share of romance too…!

    I mean I surprised my now ex who lived an hour away from my residence where I surprised her with a cake and a plan for a night out which was refused by her because her parents being strict and all…!

    And we spend the few hours that we had with each other and after grabbing coffee and cutting the cake I dropped her off at her home and she invited me in which I refused because we weren’t a thing at that point…!

    Khair

    Let bygones be bygone…!


    What about you…?

    Did you do something that you would consider spontaneous…?

    Well it doesn’t have to be every day, these instances were months apart to be honest…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Ways I unfurl and process self care…

    Ways I unfurl and process self care…

    How do you make time for self-care?

    22/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Slept as a sober man last night after the cravings almost killed me last night…!

    To be honest,

    By the end my mind was telling me that a swig won’t matter,

    And,

    You can always start to be sober the next day,

    Can’t you…?


    Which seems funny and pathetic because when I look at what state I was in last night—

    I thank the powers that helped myself…!

    Nothing more…!

    😇


    To be honest,

    What even is self care…?


    Does it mean something like taking a bath with candles or does it mean having a skin care routine or does it mean visiting a business like a coffee shop shop or having a spa day which helps you relax…!

    I feel it’s much less glamorous for me…!


    Sometimes it’s just fixing on not touching a drop of alcohol when everything in your body wants you to…!


    Sometimes it’s pushing myself to go on a morning walk, maybe it’s a playlist that helps me by keeping going or it’s a half hour YouTube video that I wanted to watch but I wasn’t able to…!


    Sometimes its just cleaning my room in the morning so that I have a clean and quiet room to return to which helps me sleep better and I don’t have to worry about cleaning or arranging sheets at night…!


    Sometimes it’s just crying about things that aren’t in my control when memories of someone who was with me hits harder…!


    Sometimes it’s just this,

    Writing into a prompt how I feel in a hope this helps someone out someday…!


    Sometimes it’s just sitting in the sun in the morning soaking it all in,

    Sometimes it’s just me staring at the moon and thinking about someone who was with me and remembering them…!


    What if our self care differs from someone else,

    It’s the way we are and how we cop or care about ourselves and our well being…!

    Isn’t it…?


    And now to answer the prompt at last

    How do I make time for self care….?

    Some days it’s more like I shift the self care to the weekends,

    Until all of the things that haunt me come to me at once which I know is not healthy,

    But,

    This is how it is somedays because I don’t have time to think about them on the weekdays…!


    Other days I make time from my normal routine like grabbing Nagori tea on my way to work and sipping it while I work…!


    Some days it’s stopping by this cafe and trying a new coffee that I didn’t have before…!


    Well,

    If you want to exist like a normal person,

    You cannot do that without taking care of yourself first…!


    How do you shave off time in your normal routine to do self care…?

    Do let me know…!

    Some days I feel like the flower that is blooming but other days I feel like the one in the middle…!

    Selfcaremaxxing until we feel good…! 😂


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • A space away from home that you belong to…

    A space away from home that you belong to…

    What’s a place you visited that felt like home?

    21/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    There are many places that I visited—

    But,

    Only a few of them made me feel like home…!


    I’d say the first place that felt like home was a friends place to be honest I’ve been there a couple of times and I crashed there one night with him as we drank and talked about old times…!

    It was the place that felt like home to me…!


    And,

    Another place that feels like home is the place which we used to call our grandparents house…!

    Well,

    Now it has become our Mama’s house(maternal uncle…)!

    But,

    The feelings still take us back to the nostalgic days we spent with our cousins once the place was filled with people who we loved and cared for…!

    Nothing matches the way we felt back then…!


    To be honest;

    There is no place like home…!

    But,

    Once you feel choking there,

    Or feel like you don’t belong there,

    All you can do is feel like even the place which you once considered home isn’t one…!

    .

    I’m genuinely sorry if you feel this way…!


    The only place that I can safely say that isn’t home but feels like home is the arms of loved one or someone who has been with you through thick and thin,

    And,

    Still stands with you to this day…!

    And I hope there is someone who makes you feel this way,

    Even if no one is like that right now—

    I hope someone comes by soon to pick you up and make it their responsibility that you are well and taken care of..!


    This became a late night post to be honest,

    After pest control guys came to check out pour wooden furniture, around 11 in the morning;

    And,

    Because we didn’t book the last appointment on time and it was after three years that I found and booked the services,

    The inside of a door is ridden with termites and it’s young ones…!

    Plus,

    A skirting that went around the bed and touched the top of the room which had lights fitted into it was completely gone…!

    So,

    We had to pull it all down breaking it and somewhat of the wall that it was fixed on…!

    Have to shell out around 50 grand for this now but this was a mistake on our part…!


    It’s was a long day and I am going to sleep like a log today;

    Maybe a nightcap will help,

    But,

    Being sober is something that I chose and I want to be true to that…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • Wishing I could have told these truths about us to my younger self…!

    Wishing I could have told these truths about us to my younger self…!

    What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life?

    20/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing great…!

    This will be a late night post as I’m writing this at 23:24 hours at night…!


    Well,

    There aren’t many things that I hope I would have changed because it would mean that I would deviate from the path that I’m on right now…!


    And if it were like that,

    Id for sure miss out on a lot of things that im learning through hardships and being under pressure which also helps to develope myself better…!


    But,

    If you were to ask me something that I’d have started to do early;

    It would be accepting how I look like,

    And,

    Consider myself worthy of love…


    To be honest even right now,

    I am at a point in my life that a girl is trying her level best to shower me with her love,

    But,

    I really hope I can talk to her and tell her that I’m not going to be enough as I cannot provide her with love and affection that she would expect from her partner…!

    It’s more like I think I’m not capable of providing love which in fact forces me to think that anyone that comes into my life comes with intentions that aren’t pure…!



    And,

    I’d love if I accepted the fact earlier that I don’t have a face that gets loved or cared for…!

    It’s more like a resting bitch face and droopy eyes that make people think that I’m on something all the time but,

    It happened in my high school years when I used to have this massive pain in my eyebrow area which after going away gave me these droopy eyes…!


    The earlier I’d accept that this face leaning towards a sort of responsibility and comes at a cost that people assume a whole lot more that. They should…!.


    Well,

    If I could have accepted these two facts earlier,

    I would have given up on people and opportunities which appeared from afar that they had a veil of positivity—

    But,

    On getting a closer look I saw what really was going on and what intentions they had…!


    Khair,

    Life will happen and within it things too…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

  • A courageous and cute pet…!

    A courageous and cute pet…!

    If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be?

    19/09/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I think a lot of things happened that took us to a fictional world and explore our mind this past week…!

    Having 3 prompts that push us to explore the fictional world and our mindset is something that I didn’t think happens before…!


    Well,

    A fictional animal that I’d keep as a lifelong companion would be either

    Courage the cowardly dog,

    Or,

    Toothless the dragon…!


    I know they are polar opposite in many cases,

    But,

    When push comes to shove they become absolute monsters and protect the people they love as much as they can…!


    We know courage is said to be cowardly but, we see instances where he protects Muriel and the house with all that he has…!

    He also sympathises with those aliens who were wronged by people here on earth and helps by freeing them and helping them in some way which makes him a just pet too…!

    And,

    Imagine your pet can surf the net and take advice from a sarcastic computer that is arrogant to a point that it feels like you are being attacked but,

    He’s genuinely trying to help you underneath all of that…!


    Choosing Toothless as a pet would be a blast—

    I mean travel distances are cut short,

    You have a pet dragon…!

    A dragon 🐉

    Who behaves like a dog and cuddles up next to you…!


    Can you ever believe that…?


    Imagine you are stuck somewhere and you call out to them and they come to your rescue and save you from the problem that you are in at any moment…!

    And,

    You can scratch them all over their body and they won’t bite you…?!

    He’s very much into keeping those people who are dear to them safe from anything that can cause them harm…!

    Sacrificing even himself to achieve that…!

    Also,

    He becomes such a great parent by taking care of their young ones too and their lifelong commitment to light fury or Luna…!


    Oh my G0d my mind is going crazy thinking what all we could do with toothless as a pet…!


    These would be my two fictional animals that I’d love to keep with myself if possible…!

    Do let me know if you would love to have someone as a companion in comments box…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍🤍