Category: PERSONAL

Overcoming Social Media Addiction: Small Steps

Daily writing prompt
What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing really well…!

There is a need for each and every one to improve themselves,
it might be something that is well within your reach or maybe requires some effort,
maybe a lot of it,
if you’re starting from zero,
but that’s how the efforts are made,
and they give you the fruits of all the time you put in…

I really wish to be less addicted to things,
I am very much addicted to social media apps,
Instagram and such,
and they have been cutting into my time;

The time,
I have to provide towards another aspects of life,
My family,
My life
Friends and other personal aspects of my life,
there has been nothing but efforts from my side,
but,
I cannot afford to give it up too,
because a lot of work happens there also that’s how we are connected to each other,
because of many such reasons,
I cannot give up social media…

This too being a part of social media,
but,
the place that you call home,
consider home,
one cannot defame it,
can they…?

There are others like,
lower screen time,
not using it at all at or before bed time or during eating,
and many other things like making a reminder of tasks that you have to accomplish during the day,
making your bed,
taking the morning walk or the workout;

and one must do things to move ahead and be a better version of self,
that’s how we all move ahead…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

With a phone in this hand,
I watch as things,
some important,
other non-important ones pile up:

On setting reminders and snoozing them from hours on time,
and after that,
contemplating the life choices that led to this point,
I look at the screen,
a blank one,
a reminder pops us,
yet again;

Take a break,
scroll the app that you like,
A sly laughter leaves my face as,
I go in the balcony and in my hand a light,
A spark is heard,
and smoke rises,
easing my mind…

13/05/2025
The Power of Positive Influence in Life

Daily writing prompt
Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life.
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Hey…

I hope you all are doing well…

This prompt is one of the good ones,
someone who had a positive impact on my life,
this sparks numerous questions because there have been equally or more who have had a negative impact on me and my life and given me ideas to live a life much better than how they shall ever live…

I’ll share one of each;

I got a chance of meeting one such person with whom I’m still in contact with,
I just talked to them a few minutes back,
I wish for them to prosper and have a beautiful life forever,
The exams that they’re preparing for,
I hope from the bottom of my heart that they achieve what they want in life,
(Even if I won’t be a part of their life if they achieve their dreams i shall remember them forever…)

She studies a subject that we both have undying love for,
and that’s how we connected,
on finding that she studies it,
and I have a keen interest for it,
Our conversations happen on and around the same topic,
and we both learn and love it,
when both of us love and grow from our astute and very niche observations…

That’s the type of conversations I wanted to have forever,
and on finding someone who does makes my life much better and worth living;

She has been the one,
and the only one for whom i shall continue to write,
because her words of praise aren’t just there to fill a void,
but,
they help me by giving me an inspiration and a will to continue forever…
and i hope they will forever….

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

There was something bugging me,
I was in my home,
One place that’s considered safe,
I was trembling,
Looking for someone,
Something there…

What was it,
I couldn’t put my hand on it…!

And all I could do was shake and tremble,
And tell those around me,
Nothing…

I’m good,
I’m all good,
Everything’s alright as I looked at myself,
In the mirror,
I saw the horror within my eyes..

12/05/2025
Freedom: A Thought-Provoking Daily Writing Prompt

Daily writing prompt
What does freedom mean to you?
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Hey…

I hope you all are doing well and are safe…!

This prompt is a good one of the good one,
because it comes at a time when whole of the world has their eyes on our nation,
the India-Pakistan at the brink of war,
the tiff escalating and de-escalating within a span of few hours,
constant black outs at the border region,
shells,
blanks,
broken drones and such,
their scraps and some live ones are found here and there…

Freedom means right to,
Think,
Speak &
Act however one wants,

ALSO,
in a state of not being captive or enslaved…

BUT;
Doesn’t that mean we have to keep ourselves in check,
according to the people who are around us too…?

Look at it from a point where,
you have to follow HOA rules,
They aren’t there to make your personal life better,
But,
in a collective way they help in taking care of the whole association,
by setting rules and guidelines to follow,
NO matter how much it screams a violation of your freedom,
I MEAN COME ON,
Trash can outside after 11 am attracts a fine,
it shouldn’t be outside obstructing view of the property which we paid…?
HUH???

But,
These small rules help keep the value and the look of the property to the max…
same way,
Someone cites their freedom,
for being oppressive towards others,
owning slaves and the ripple effect that we see even this day Amongst those who owned them…!

For them,
Someone who has been oppressed their view of freedom is much different from someone who hasn’t been ;
But,
Isn’t that a conversation for some other time…?

Freedom for a writer and a person who has been expressive means different from someone who has been an introvert and keeps to themselves,
they have a need to be out and see things various ones from a perspective different from everyone…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

A lone bird,
enjoys freedom.

It takes flight,
on seeing the horizon clear and blue,
as it flaps the wings,
The crisp sound echoes,
fluttering for a moment as it gains some momentum,
within moments the free bird,
with a free will,
goes from sitting on a branch,
to
gaining height that we can’t reach,
until its existence is lost,
moments before it becomes a right tick,
like we used to in art classes…

Isn’t this the type of freedom we all once wanted,
when we were little…?

11/05/2025
Choosing an Unorthodox Career Path

Daily writing prompt
What is your career plan?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

I guess today’s prompt would work the best with those who are passing their 12th grade exams after which they’ll be going to attend the college of their choice that supports their streams.
or entering into 11th grade where they have to make a choice between choosing their major,
It would be between science, commerce or humanities…;

As for me,
my story is a really weird one,
a commerce major,
who scored in low eighties,
and the type of education system we have,
they cherish marks more than the individual’s abilities more,
being a pass out of one of the better schools in my area,
everyone had more expectations,
BUT,
Something that isn’t stressed is the family’s (WANTS AND DREAMS) to be on with their child’s….

Choosing an unorthodox career path,
and getting next to no support from them,
not as a new found adult,
but,
monetary too,
when I was promised it too,
just because our dream didn’t align…

SO,
long story short,
taking open courses,
where i was handed out the syllabus and exams happened once a year without any classes to go to,
And,
on securing a bachelor’s degree in commerce all the while working in a family-owned industrial business,
where working by hand was of utmost importance,
(TO learn the basic things Because i wasn’t from the field…)

Alongwith that I found this precious skill of being capable to pen down my thoughts and feelings,
which has been growing ever since i started…

So much to career plan,
this and that…
😂

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

The feeling that this photo sparks is something that can’t be recreated,
being there in a place that exists on this earth,
but even heaven won’t be a match of it.
My village Panjab,
the greens of trees and still budding crops,
The gold of fully ripe wheat takes my heart away,
the pure white sunlight blessing all of these and helping them in reaching the right color and their ripeness,
so,
they shall be ready for harvest…
A dream comes true
all of it…

09/05/2025
A Memorable Night with ROBROO Theater Group

Daily writing prompt
What was the last live performance you saw?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Having a keen interest in writing and with that,
It becomes a necessity to have a broad horizon,
&
that only happens when you go out,
explore things,
watch live shows,
Theatrical performances,
Or even when you meet new people and hear their side of the world…

There’s a beautiful group that does plays in Delhi,
they go by the name,
“ROBROO THEATRE GROUP”,
though heavily underrated but their performances have been out of the world,
i was blessed enough to witness,
their enactment of a folk tale in our history,
“HEER RANJHA”…

I became their fan from that day onward,
I met the person in-charged,
Kajal Suri Ji…
The person who is a literal magician when it comes to acting herself,
and portraying a picture so clear and vivid that even after half a year I still remember it all with great detail…

It was such a beautiful performance,
heer ranjha folk goes on from such a long time in our culture that there are many songs made on it,
and even references in some of these new songs that come out today;

The folk says the story is set in what is now Panjab,
and it revolves around a beautiful girl named heer,
and a handsome boy named ranjha,
who fell in love,
but,
Due to family’s opposition they were separated;

heer now being forced to marry someone else,
ranjha becomes a wanderer and roams places to places,
until the day they unite,
But heer’s uncle opposes this and poisons her food on the wedding day,
which leads to her death,
and on seeing that the person he cherished the most is no more,
Ranjha consumes the poised food too,
leading to their tragic and untimely death,
as their bodies are laid to burial together…

The story revolves around tragic nature and facing a caste-based opposition,
At the end which results in both of them being deceased in the process,
but the tale lives on reminding us all of the atrocities that were there and lovers still have to face…

I saw the performance in late ’24,
But i remember it like yesterday,
the last and the best performance that i saw till this date…

(they have an upcoming performance on 11th of May 2025,
Called SAMANTAK TEERTH IN DELHI)
if you are in town do check them out,
bookings are open right now…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

The beautiful medley,
A pattern that’s appealing to these eyes,
colors pink and white,
A photo that depicts,
the love that we feel,
but,
when they’re in our hands away from each other,
they tend to spoil and rot;

A beautiful medley,
That’s appealing to these eyes,
why don’t we see their beauty when they exist,
the way they were meant to be…?

08/05/2025
Finding Direction in Life: My Personal Journey

Daily writing prompt
What gives you direction in life?
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Hey..

I hope you all are doing well…!

A sense of direction;
it has been weird enough that i have been chasing what i have had in my mind for such a long time,
I really don’t have anything that gives it in an essence a direction…

Chasing money has been an all-time top five of the things that give me a direction,
to work hard for my family and their survival,
and to have what they need,
or something that’s new and helps us live a life better than yesterday…!

This writing is one such thing,
where I can freely be expressive of who I am,
no matter what type of lifestyle i come from,
I am and have free reigns of how and what i write here,
and for me to be a better writer/storyteller,
a better person in general,
who loves what he does,
this has been an eye opener and helped me to find thing out much earlier than others,
like the traits people have,
and,
how and when they use a situation,
or a happening for their advantage…

But all in,
things have been there to keep me pulled into the race that help me motivated enough to continue and keep me working hard…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

Clicked this random station,
it was a long journey,
but returning home was the best thing ever,
I took a seat and breathed with ease,
as my destination wasn’t far,
the serene peace and love,
with monochrome and the late night empty halls ,
just made me think of things,
conversations,
the stories
the tales
that these walls were a witness of…

02/05/2025
Life Lessons from Personal Quotes

Daily writing prompt
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?
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Hey

I hope you all are doing well…!

There are a few sentences that i live by,
they aren’t necessarily quotes,
but they’re self-drawn rules that I live by,
Well,
I think each and every one of us should have some,
rules or something that helps you set,
what is right or wrong,
in a situation…

Quotes are those who are written by a writer and such,
and when you are one in the making,
what’s better than looking at something that you wrote,
to keep yourself in check,
during times that you thought would be the end of you…

The said quote(s)…

1)

THE FALL TAUGHT ME TO GET UP AND MOVE FORWARD,

IT DIDN’T TELL ME TO STOP AND SIT DOWN,

IT TOLD ME THE REASON FOR THE FALL,

AND I DIDN’T STOP LEARNING,

NOR I’M STOPPING,

DIDN’T STOP YESTERDAY,

WILL NOT STOP TODAY,

WONT STOP TOMORROW,

BECAUSE,

I DIDN’T STOP LEARNING…

★Didn’t stop learning★

2)

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

✅CAN THUG MY WAY OUT OF THIS ONE, SO

I WON’T CRASH OUT

These two are the ones I often check out,
there are more but those are some other ideas,
prompting some other feelings…

For the time being,
you can read them,
save them,
make them your quotes too…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

This is exactly how it feels when some prompt like this comes in…
(Ai generated image…)

01/05/2025
From Scrolling to Creating: My Social Media Shift

How do you use social media?

Hey

I hope all of you are doing well…!

The use of social media has changed significantly for me in the past couple of years.
From the outside perspective,
it would look like a drastic change.

Earlier I used to spend a lot of time on social media.
I was just scrolling away from one app to another.
but,
these days it’s the polar opposite…

Any spare time I have is spent jotting down ideas.
I feel these ideas will hit the right bone,
or they will help develop my consciousness.
This will give me a better insight into someone’s life…

Initially,
I used it just to chat my time away.
But
this social media has helped me meet beautiful souls who aren’t just expressive.
They are also much better writers than I am.
Because of social media,
we managed to connect with each other.

I would be here writing, editing, and making images just for my social media handles.
Also, I would also be working on my blog.
It was like shooting arrows in the dark…

I still haven’t got used to the type of change it has brought.
I have had to undergo many changes to become a better version of myself.
All for the best,
isn’t it …?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

What we see here is an effort to grow from a point where even the mere thought of existence is a threat,
but here we still are,
still trying to make the best out of the situation that this life throws us in,
and just like this bud growing from a crack in the wall,
this seed has had a life too,
and,
I wish to hear his side of the story too…

30/04/2025
Chaos to Clarity: My Writing Journey and Productivity

Daily writing prompt
When do you feel most productive?
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Hey

I hope you all are doing well…!

The prompt of this day,
forced me to think the duality of the life I am living…

One where I manage and run a business,
another one where I do all of this writing,
it has been a chaotic mix of feeling thing and tirelessly working my b|_|tt off..

All of us know that living two lives within these 24 hours isn’t possible but we all have to manage right…?

The most productive I am during work is the afternoon hours,
i.e. 12 pm to 3 pm,
but,
it’s the exact opposite for this writing between 12 am to 3 am;(IST)

Waking up early to set things in order,
and then working on them including this blog,
and Instagram post before I have to leave for work,
the fine line between night and day blemishes,
and for weeks it feels like I haven’t taken a day off,
but,
the show must go on…

So,
I think you get a gist of the type of broken schedule I live on,
necessarily the dependent on caffeine is hard and takes a toll on this mind and body too…

But,
both parts of my life requires different strengths,
different capabilities,
very drastic shifts in focus,
and,
with that I need to have a very cool, calm and a composed mind…

But,
from the chaos that I’m in,
generates a world so vivid and well versed,
that it feels almost surreal..

And,
this is the type of blessing I seeked all along,
to live a vivid, beautiful life with,
hard work too so i can get a good nights sleep…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

That’s how I am staring at nothingness some of these days…

28/04/2025
Best Hidden Gems for Delicious Food in Delhi…

What is your favorite restaurant?

Hey,
i hope you all are doing good;

Um,
my favorite restaurant?
I’m not that expensive or bent over for a fact that i have an expensive restaurant on my list but,
trying and finding those who make good food at a rate that is not dirt cheap that you have to question their ways…

One of the okay-Ish one is this place where they make affordable Asian food,
(specifically Chinese)
and their rolls are worth dying for,
they have been in business for more than 20 years and they still serve customers till date…

(Do you think its a good place if their food runs out faster than they can fill it back up again…?)

One of the middle quality ones is located in a posh locality,
literally on Lodhi road…
(i guess you got the clue)
Their essence is hidden by a big building and tall structures so most of the people don’t even know that this place exists…

They serve a variety of cuisine from Chinese to south Indian
(Also everything in the middle..)
They have a vast variety of breads cakes pastries and
their coffee>>> worth dying for with their New York cheesecake…
(UFF i have my mouth watering this early…)

Have yet to find a good high end one that lives upto their name,
the go to ones are
Kwality in cp for their iconic dishes and their ambiance;
for coffee you’ll find me at devan’s (lodhi colony🤍);
louis for their burger…(Its a cloud kitchen so i prefer delivery of it over anything)

And to many more that I’m forgetting;

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

Had a really Good evening yesterday, The chai that broke all the tiredness that I had last evening after leaving work after a tedious 12+ hour shift; just this one(or two cups) that gave me a new will to live…

24/04/2025