Category: Daily prompts

Exploring India; A dream

What cities do you want to visit?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

There is a lot that I want to do despite being a severe workaholic and a shut-in introvert who lives(well plans to) their life within these four walls,

But,

There are some hopes and dreams that I have for my future self to be a person who embraces some extrovert tendencies;

And one of those tendencies has to include being able to travel and unravel the mysteries of the place where I arrive…

The first place/city I want to visit and unravel is Banaras(current day Varanasii) there’s a lot to explore and I want to visit Manikarnika Ghat a place that grants Moksha(liberation from the repeated cycle of human birth and its trap{funny they call life a human trap})…

Another one would be Jaipur because it is vibrant in the pictures and I’d like to experience it first-hand someday,

The culture that exists there is nowhere to be found plus the hospitality that people provide you is unmatched including the royal heritage and the various breeds of horses, (oh to see a horse race someday now that’s a dream I’d like to see in this lifetime…)

Another one would be Kerala for the immense culture that it has, I’ve heard that they have one of the oldest traditions that we have plus the mysteries of Kumarikandam(Lemuria for deep thinkers);

Getting some information about that from the source would be the best thing to ever happen…

There’s a lot more to discover within that I would do first then I’d dream of going out of our own country to explore…

With that being said, exploring your own self is much more important than clinging to something foreign that looks appealing because it’s sugar-coated;

A new week is upon us and I’d like you to endure it to your fullest,

I wish that some ease comes into your life and blesses your day/ your week…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

15/12/2025
An immersive experience…

Tell us one thing you hope people say about you.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Today’s prompt is a long reach not just for me but for any person who writes because we carry a lot of hope with each word we pen down…

With every word we choose, we craft our world, bringing it to your eyes and ears. A Writer’s heartfelt hope is that what we write is so immersive that you can truly step into the shoes of the person we are trying to portray;

And,

When this sort of experience is achieved and the reader lets us know that “It felt like we swapped places with the person in the writing and were able to feel the pain and happiness as their own..”

There’s nothing better for me to hear than this, that a piece of text was immersive enough that it made them(the reader) believe that what they read was real(even if it was fictional..)

Do you feel that there is anything better than people telling you that it felt like they were in the shoes of the person you wrote about…?

Not me…!

Well it depends on person to person what they feel makes them a better writer;

It’s a Sunday and I hope today brings you some peace and happiness, and you open your eyes to your loved ones and embrace them first thing in the morning…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

14/12/2025
My first day at school and at work…

Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well I’m not a parent right now and don’t plan on being one anytime soon, but if time and life exists I’d love to have at least one child…!

Well I can share with you two instances,

One being the very first day I started school. I remember it was a Monday and my mother and father drove me to my school where I saw children crying as it was the orientation day and as parents separated from their children they walked back to the school gate with tears streaming down their cheeks, screaming “mumma/papa” whoever they were close with,

But me,

I was completely silent and wished them goodbye too, as I sat on my seat in an empty classroom because many skipped the first day as the children began crying as they came near the school gate;

All in it was a good day, we had fun, learnt new things and that was it for the day, around 12 it was our time to go back home, and I remember tears in my Mother’s eyes as she came to take me back to home and i was happy to see her as we went back home…

Another instance is first day at work…;

It was the middle of August and my father told me to swing by work, to drop off something that they forgot home, and as I arrived at the workplace I greeted him and gave him a file that he forgot, and as I was about to leave he asked me about work..?

And I wanted to know what he meant,

He said Point blank that he wanted me to continue our family business and also study as I got time to which I told him that either it will be work or studies because industrial work requires a strong backbone and working long tireless hours which in fact affect the other 16 hours of your life making you extremely tired and stressed about the next day…

And as I started work I fought a lot with him with myself too, because all of the studies I perused came to a halt and all of my relationships built came to a standstill, because I hadn’t earned anything yet and I was given an ultimatum that they won’t be spending any more money on my studies and I have to work there…

And after learning that a piece of my feelings began to die for my father each day,

But this day that my father is no longer among us I believe that it was the best thing to happen because we bonded over things that made us similar and I got to spend more time with him during his final years with them…

A win-win for the both of us…

Didn’t want to take it to such a negative point but life happens…

Well happy weekend to those who have the days off and enjoy your life to the fullest, hug your kids and tell them you love them…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

13/12/2025
To experiences that shape us…

Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Yes, I’ve had a few opportunities to present myself on stage with and without a group;

I presented a speech all alone twice and I had all of the fear before it, legs feeling like jelly, those eyes staring at me like I owe them something, but once in my zone I performed what I had to it was a speech about a religious leader the topic that I picked way back…

Another one was a rather small group that worked in an informal setting a few strangers and a piece of information that we shared and debated it to come to a standard conclusion,;

A mere two person discussion turned into a few people taking their side and my side, it was a topic that has such a deep belief that we all had views on it “God’s existence and his overlooking those who were unfortunate…”

And after the heat of discussion subsided we all had tea and called it a night as we walked away a bit better person, by learning someone’s side and some facts that even changed our beliefs…

There were instances that we had musical performances during schooling too, which were often in groups because they shifted the focus and stress from a single child to the group, which was fun and enjoyable even for the audience because they were a part of us too as they enjoyed it as much as us…

A few instances but they shaped a version that can be traced deviated from a standard path to what it is now expanding forever…

To experiences like these that shape us for the better;

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

12/12/2025
The stress associated after work…

What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

The part of routine that I can avoid or skip would be the stress associated with work that constantly looms over my head…

The constant pressure of preparing, of being active and on my toes has broken the foundation that I stand on;

Some days it feels like a break from it would be better,

But returning to it feels like a trap that I exited for a little while,

after seeing clear open skies I have to walk into the cage to be trapped yet again and work within these tubes that trap my existence within them for 10 hours daily…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

12/11/2025
What is good about having a pet?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

There are so many things associated with having a pet,

All those who have one they know it all too well for those who don’t I’ll tell it to you too…

Imagine returning home and having someone waiting for you ready to shower you with love as soon as you step into the main door,

Waiting for you hours upon hours…

As soon as you walk in that door they try to climb you, god forbid you sit on a couch that they can climb on and then they’ll show you how much they missed you, their soft howls will tell you how much they missed you,

As they rub themselves all over you…

Don’t even try to eat infront of them because they will force you into giving a portion of your meal to them,

Oh those sad eyes look at you like they haven’t been fed for weeks…

A dopamine rush is felt when you pet them, brushing their fur even when you play with them but be aware of changes in their moods which could mean they are getting angry or upset with it…

But all in they help you by bringing down any sadness that comes your way as soon as you sit near them and thy come on their own to console you…

I know this is very dog centric that’s because I have two and the life is just so much better with them I cannot tell you how in words…

Well that’s it for the day,

Another week has started and I hope this one is better than the last one…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

10/11/2025
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well there are many purchases that I’ve made for other that might be more expensive than what I’ve purchased for self,

I’m a person who sees the worth and time that thing will pay itself off before it’s of no use to me anymore or has to be scrapped…

I’m very heavily invested in music and I have made purchases of expensive bass tubes and speaker sets when they were launched by the company…

One would be a Samsung wireless sound bar with wireless subwoofer which when launched costed me around 22,000/- INR;

Another one was a wired multimedia speaker launched in 2016 which was approximately 5,000/- at that time…

Another purchase was a garmin watch costing 10,000/- I think it was a Vivosmart hr+ and it was when all of this wasn’t even a hype back in 2016…

More recent purchases are a Samsung tab and an apple device from which I’m writing all of this…

Nothing of a major purchase but all these little things that help me live my life better and get me the happiness I need,

Bring me all the peace I need…

And hey it’s a Sunday again make sure you are well rested and take it slow and also treat yourself if you haven’t…

Happy Sunday

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

09/11/2025
Some laughters and life lessons worth hearing…

What podcasts are you listening to?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well there aren’t many podcasts that I’m in these days but there are a few that bless my ears…

One of the podcasts that I used to listen to was “Violating community guidelines” by Sarah Schauer and Brittany Broski;

I know weird names but they complimented each other and the funny instances on their podcasts were so hilarious that I often laughed out while working making people think that I’ve gone crazy 🤪..

48 episodes discussing the trends on the social media and what went on during the year 2022 and the end of it,

Started in January of ‘22 ending in December of the same year, Ive found myself to go back to it year after year and boost my mood and give me laugh whenever life pins me down…

These days I’m invested in a podcast called Alan watts daily wisdom and yes they’re sharing the timeless teachings of the philosopher Alan watts through ai in his voice to all the world to listen and view too…

Started a month ago and 24 videos in gathering a whopping 108k followers as we speak (on yt) I’ve found it very helpful and informative by giving me insight to live this life better in ways that are often overlooked…

Hope you will find these worth your while…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

08/11/2025
A lesson that still stays with me.

What was your favorite subject in school?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Those times were the ultimate, we could play and be ourselves(our real self) without bothering anyone and do things that we liked instead of what we are right now,

how we act today to get what we want…

Leaving it at that,

My favourite subject was history, in specific ancient Indian history, which I found very interesting due to a dedicated teacher and her clear vision to impart everything that she learnt during her life to her students…

The lessons were long according to some students (45 minutes) but I couldn’t get enough of them ever, also there were people who hated it from their very core;

But there were others who loved it too and along with them we formed a group who were very much in love with it and wanted to learn as much as possible within a short period of time…

We went on walks, explored locations and visited historic sites along with our teacher and learnt all the facts firsthand…

Many years have passed and most of us still remember the lessons that she used to teach us and often we remember how much condensed information she fed to us within a span of two years…

The best years of our lives…

Hope you find a teacher/sir in life that sparks such interest and curiosity in you that has ripple effect all over your life…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

07/11/2025
Life saving advices to cut screen time…
How do you manage screen time for yourself?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

I’m pretty sure most of the world is suffering with this disease of a very long screen time, hooked on Instagram reels, YouTube shorts and videos, clips on TikTok and many more…

Time seem to pass by so quickly when we are hooked on them that it feels unreal;

You started watching them at 10 at night and suddenly it’s 1:30 before you can see the time on the phone which was there all the time…

There are a lot of things that I use to achieve my goal of reducing screen time a few of them are->
- Having a separate phone for doing writing without any distractions so that I can focus when otherwise I would find a way to stop writing and doom-scroll Instagram..
- Tracking screen time on both my phones just to keep in touch with how much I used a single app and how much I need to cut back…
- Presetting a timer on each app which I use a lot for example I set a timer for an hour on Instagram which is a lot less from 4-5 hours which used to happen without knowing…
- Trying to avoid using phones for the first few hours I usually wake up and pen my ideas or any dreams that I had, which makes all of it interesting as it boosts my writing skills and also imaginative skills which help me remember what happened in my dream world…
- And at last, I keep my phones a bit away from me like for charging away from me when I have free time so I’d have to walk to it to get it as I’m on my bed, which cuts the interest in getting up and grabbing it a bit more…
The last one is a big mind thing I know…😭😂

And I hope these works for someone in need…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍
06/11/2025