Waakiye

Category: PERSONAL

  • A Good and Short life instead…

    A Good and Short life instead…

    What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well..!

    As soon as I woke up today it felt like my room was freezing, I remember watching a YouTube video just before going to sleep about geological formations that shouldn’t exist…

    It was such an amazing video that I dozed off watching it, do try it if you find geographical anomalies amazing…

    https://youtu.be/efLSqRb-GqA?si=7FOc4tEZAF0Z3T4Q

    Also this week got the coldest day of the year reaching 15.7 max and 7.6 minimum on Tuesday (in degree Celsius)…

    Coming back to the prompt

    Well, most of us who are in their mid 20’s, see how everything is eventually going to ruins due to poor management and the government’s repeated failure to even provide us, all of us with basic living standards…!

    Taking into consideration the capital of our country, Delhi…!

    It’s safe to say that all of us want a good life, Because long life isn’t a sustainable goal anymore…!

    The deteriorating way everything is adulterated and reaching us after being heavily treated; at most all of us should be praying for a good and short life…!

    Essentially all of us are on the brink of being replaced by Ai and it will force us to either be hyper competitive to each other to secure a place or it will make our lives better by making things and essentially our lives better…!

    Either way;

    Our hopes are up that we want a good life surrounded by people who make it much better, maybe a loved one, maybe the parents and siblings…!

    But,

    Living a long life comes with consequences too; With old age this body starts to deteriorate and that causes us to be weak and frail and dependent on someone to take care of us,

    Answer me honestly,

    Would you bear to live that day where you see someone get angry at you for surviving and cleaning or bathing you up each day when you yourself can’t do it…?

    After a point of time when all of the feelings and emotions subside, it becomes a pain for someone…

    Doesn’t it…?

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Different perspectives and goals that affect us…!

    Different perspectives and goals that affect us…!

    What could you do differently?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    First thing it’s scary that it’s only Wednesday today when this could have already been a Thursday for me,

    And we are already first week into the new year as we speak…!

    Another lie that I cannot seem to believe at all…!

    Well I’ve felt that time flies past quickly these days; but I’ve never ever felt such haste…

    Coming to the prompt because thinking that makes me go crazy…!

    What could I do differently…?

    Another one of those broad questions of you ask me,

    I mean what i could to differently in life, at work, at relationships or what; the horizon is so broad…!

    Well for beginning,

    I want to be up early and stay awake for the some time and complete work that I’ve taken upon myself (writing short stories and some skits…)

    Second would be to have enough energy left to join a gym after work because that is something I want to involve myself in…

    Third would be to be more active and great at conversation and keeping up either my friendships and relationships that I have with people (both in and outside of work…)

    The last would be to be a better person than who I am right now, because there is suffering that I see around me, but I’m not that loaded that I can help everyone that I see;

    So I just want to be in a better place so that I can help those around me, well if not strangers I’d be happy to help those who are a part of my family by helping them get up on their feet and give them a much needed boost that will pull them out of their slow and stagnant life…(only if they need my help…)

    There are many things that can be done differently, much of it depends on the perspective of self and those who is affected by the change isn’t it…?

    Well to a better future shall we tread…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • An unusual coffee date…!

    An unusual coffee date…!

    Extremely tiresome it was as I was returning home,

    Gruelling hours put in a job that made my life miserable,

    And I hate myself for being stuck in a rut,

    That made me question the choices that left me in such a place;

    Home was still a few hours away,

    As I stood at that light waiting for it to turn green,

    So that I could drive to an empty home,

    Eat the food and maybe try to sleep in early,

    But I knew I was kidding myself;

    As I looked around,

    I found a rustic cafe,

    And from the see-through partially tinted windows I saw,

    I saw a set of eyes,

    Those eyes scanned the world running away from it;

    As I stared into those,

    They looked like pools of honey in the warm light of the cafe,

    After a while,

    Our eyes matched and she stared back at her cup,

    After looking at the empty seat she stared back outside;

    A stranger’s eyes were better than staring at an empty seat they thought,

    So, I made a U-turn,

    Parked my car and went into the cafe,

    As our eyes met,

    She looked at the chair in front of her and those eyes told me to take a seat;

    As I sat,

    And placed an order of flat white while she sipped on her coffee,

    It was supposed to be a date but he ditched me,

    Something came up,

    “Of course it does…”

    But I’m grateful for that;

    A few things came to our office too,

    That’s the sole reason I stayed late and left at such an odd hour,

    As she took another sip,

    The waiter brought me my flat white;

    Before I could,

    She told me to wait a moment,

    Because they serve it extremely hot,

    On sipping I burnt my lip and tongue,

    But I played it off;

    As she stared at me,

    Thinking it didn’t hurt,

    But deep down she knew it did,

    And enquired about it,

    I tried to refuse but my face told her the truth;

    In that moment of laughter and cheerfulness,

    She told me,

    “It feels good that she was ditched now..”

    As I let out a little laughter,

    And told her,

    “Maybe things do happen for good…”

    Like me returning from my 9-to-5 job at 8:30 at night;

    “You still have it well,

    I used to work where they forced us to work overnight” she told me

    There we were,

    Trauma dumping,

    laughing at each other’s miseries,

    Letting out a few laughs,

    And then sipping on our coffees;

    As it was our last sip,

    Out of nowhere I wanted to do a toast,

    As I raised my cup,

    And held our fate hostage;

    “Cheers on being ditched, Yet finding someone to have a coffee with so late at night…!”

    A laughter then another,

    As she shed a few tears thinking about her fate,

    And thanked me for making her night one to remember…

    As we walked outside,

    A ride waited for her that was supposed to take her home,

    She shared her number and told me to call her when I reached home,

    And after G0d knows how many years,

    I waited,

    And waited to reach home…!

    -Fin-

    A short story I witnessed and expanded on today as I sat at the coffee table…!

  • A vision that extends both ways

    A vision that extends both ways

    Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I know it’s late,

    But skipping my daily prompt would never happen,

    At least that’s what I’m trying to do these days;

    Well I’ll tell you the entire reason,

    My staff bailed on me last moment and I had to finish some grinding job this morning,

    So I woke up around four thirty in the morning, fell asleep and woke up again at 6 and left the house and reached at work around 6:30;(Indian standard time)

    He job took longer so I left a bit of it for tomorrow, but I left at around 10:30 in the morning and that’s that;

    I left some of it and I will deal with tomorrow and complete it an hour or so;

    Enough chitter chatter about work 🤷

    I hope your day wasn’t as stressful as it was for me;

    Well it was, because it was filled with me running around whole day and expenses kept piling up one after another;

    But,

    It was another day that brought me closer to my family, my nieces and nephews too;

    Who are staying over tonight and I’m playing carrom board with them right now…!

    Yes we are…!

    And guess what my team lost by 100 points…!

    Hahaha(cries in loser 😭🥲)

    Coming to the prompt

    I spend time thinking about my future most of the time,

    Because that gives me perspective and what I have to achieve in a said amount of time;

    And constantly thinking about the future gives me a path to tread on which makes it clear what to make of the time that comes ahead;

    But,

    I also look at the past to see what improvements I’ve made and what places I have to take and avoid;

    And what was the place that I came from to keep me grounded at times at all of it feels unreal…!

    That’s it for the night;

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • In a Loud World, Find Someone Who Listens

    In a Loud World, Find Someone Who Listens

    What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It’s another Sunday and I hope you went to bed sooner than you expected;

    You won’t believe the response that I got from people they believed that it would be better to just stay in, spend some time with their family or stay indoors maybe with a friend after grabbing a bottle, sharing it and crashing at their place or letting them crash at your place;

    This was more of a response I got;

    Some were like my parents aren’t home so I will spend the night with my boyfriend/girlfriend and there were a few who decided to go out to drink or have food…!

    A wild change has been brought by the year 2026 into the lives of people that live around us;

    Maybe a change was indeed needed, to be self introspective and knowing who is right and who to keep alongside you and people are doing that this year;

    Filtering and cutting their circle to a few good people instead of a bunch of people who show up just because they get a free treat out of you…!

    Coming back to the prompt;

    What would be the greatest gift someone could ever give me…?

    For me it would be their Trust and Genuine presence;

    Imagine knowing someone and you fully trust them with your secrets, your life and anything that goes on in it;

    And when something goes wrong they show up to put you in your arms and gently bring you from a scary place back into this world;

    I really have to thank the almighty for putting someone like that in my life;

    They have been a sort of pillar in my life that I can take support of when nothing else is going right and they also guide me when nothing is going right in my life;

    One of the most important things;

    They become a place where I can freely say out things without being judged and they let me know when I’m in the right headspace or not;

    And they always listen to me keenly whenever or whatever I have to speak about;

    The last part is extremely important;

    And there aren’t many who just listen to you, because this is a fast paced world and everyone has their priorities,

    But can you imagine having someone like that…!

    I’m extremely blessed…!

    Also this goes both ways,

    If you want to be with a person who has all of this qualities, you will have to be one such person beforehand;

    By being someone like that before you will find yourself in a place where you will help people out too by hearing them and providing them with comfort and then you will find yourself in a place where you are surrounded by many such people who are like that…!

    With that being said,

    Their trust and genuine presence in your life would be the optimum answer for this prompt…!

    Take it slowly it’s a Sunday morning, I know you are going to wake up late and then contemplate your day maybe your life later;

    But,

    Find someone to talk to, a genuine connection;

    The comments box are free here…! 😁

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye

  • A dream that didn’t come true…!

    A dream that didn’t come true…!

    What colleges have you attended?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Whew, the weekend is upon us finally and I hope all of you are now ready to finally let loose because what a week it was,

    I remember celebrating new year then going back to work in the morning 😭😔;

    But not today;

    All of the work can be done on Monday and all the enjoyment happens today and some tomorrow(I.e. a Sunday)

    Coming back to the prompt,

    What colleges have I attended;

    I’m letting you know this once,

    I actually missed all of the college life because of some financial issues that we coincidentally got when I was supposed to be a part of the college and pursue my dreams;

    It was back in 2017 and I was supposed to take admission in the college of my choice;

    But it was outright refused by my father as he laid the facts in-front of me, it was very shocking and devastatingly cruel thing that happened to me, because entirety of my dream came to a collapse;

    So I had to pursue another course from an open university,(Du SOL)

    All of the material was available to pick from their office and I spent my whole three years going back and forth once to the place and the rest of the time I spent my time preparing from home;

    Later I was pushed into joining the family business which wasn’t a part of my curriculum at all and that led to technically destroying whatever I learnt from the place because I started the work from the grime and learnt as I went upwards;

    Well that sad story is supposed to be told another day;

    I wish all of you readers a very happy new year and I hope your dreams come true this year;

    Try to reflect on life sometimes, see how your child or your partner or even a stranger would react once they come to know your actions and story from someone else…!

    Would they be happy or sad or outright refuse to play your part;

    This becomes a very powerful reminder to amend or change your ways…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Involving self into some sports and the impact of Roblox

    Involving self into some sports and the impact of Roblox

    Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

    Hey..!

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It’s second of january and I hope all of you are still working hard to move according to your goals,

    This might be too soon,

    But,

    As many people I’ve talked to, they haven’t set any concrete goals for the year and the fact that they don’t have anything that pushes them above and beyond to work hard enough to gain something that they dreamt of earlier…!

    Maybe the depreciation value of rupee is to blame, maybe it’s the fact that anything and everything that we buy costs more than what it should…!

    Maybe the widespread distrust in the fact that it would get any better than what currently is going on…!

    For me it’s the fact that new year came on the weirdest day, a Thursday…!?

    Some people are sending me messages today, and I got confused for a second myself;

    Like “ I hope I didn’t wish people New Year’s wishes a day ahead…!”

    But I didn’t and I wasn’t wrong…!

    I don’t know what’s up with that…?

    Well,

    Coming back to the prompt;

    This prompt couldn’t have come at a good time,

    One of my goals this year is to include actual time to sports or something that I consider playtime…!

    I have a nephew that comes to my home and wants me to play Roblox with him, and I kid you not within 15-20 minutes entirety of my brain starts to hurt 😢(and he plays it for hours upon hours…!!!)

    Sometime he wants to play “rivals” a first person shooter game..

    and

    Sometimes he just plays (I don’t know if I’m saying the name right…!)

    “Steal a/the brainrot…”

    And let me tell you something,

    The entire premise of the game,

    “Is to steal a freaking brainrot and keep your base safe and locked, maybe buy some of them and level up(which I haven’t found out how do to it as of yet…?!)”

    No I wasn’t speaking gibberish, it is the actual game and the actual truth…!

    But,

    Yeah I want to involve myself in some sort of sport like badminton or table tennis, because that’s what we played when I was young and we enjoy it a whole lot now when we make time to play,

    Which is also replaced by a mini game in Roblox…🥲🥲

    Something that says playtime to me means that can be free of the stresses that this world brings to me and I feel refreshed and satisfied;

    To end up with clear mind after playing for a good hour or 45 minutes…!

    After which I end up focusing better on things that need my actual attention;

    Well, Friday is upon us and I wish all of you to take it slow, maybe you postponed the parties and plans to the weekend and this counts as the last working day of the week, so work hard today and party tomorrow…!

    I hope you have someone dear to you or a loved one with whom you can spend time with this year;

    Maybe go out for a treat or surprise each other with some gifts,

    Because at the end of the day,

    It’s only you and them who will stay;

    The rest will go back to their own safe space and forget all about you until they see you once again at work or passing by on the street somewhere…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Taking over 2026 with consistency

    Taking over 2026 with consistency

    What are your biggest challenges?

    Hey…!

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    A new year is upon us, an I wish all of you readers a very happy new year 🥳

    With a new year comes a new goal to align ourselves to a dream that all of us have in our minds,

    It could be to live a fit and healthy life, adopt a good habit even kick a bad one out of your life;

    The slate is blank for all of us…

    And how we tread forward determines our commitment to our goals that we plan to complete by the end of this year…

    Coming back to the prompt;

    The biggest challenge for me or any writer is being consistent with everything that we do,

    And that too differently each day by bringing a version of ourselves out to this world to witness;

    Well all of us know that we have to be consistent, but each day is not a productive one, some days you just struggle to get out of your bed, some days you are up at 4 or 5 working hard without letting anyone know…!

    And that’s how the life of a content creator is;

    Each day is spent creating or finding new views on life or a vision to view it differently than the rest of us;

    That’s what makes us different from others that exist on this planet…!

    With that being said;

    Treat yourself today, it’s a new year, buy that dress you like or a device;

    Or

    Start to save for something that you plan to buy this year from today;

    That’s how we will make it in this year 2026;

    With sole dedication and stubbornness to achieve what we dream…!

    A very happy new year 🥳

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A clean slate remembering nothing…!

    A clean slate remembering nothing…!

    What makes you feel nostalgic?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Today is the New Year’s Eve the final day of the year 2025;

    I wish to bring to you love from my side if you’re reading this and you’ve been with me for long enough…!

    The things and plans only aim on going upwards from here and better in ways that I can’t describe to you yet…!

    There has been problems with schedules and managing time from this already busy 24 hours within this day; but I do plan to continue this because this makes me happy and keeps me connected to myself by letting me know who I am and why I do what I do…!

    Coming back to the prompt…!

    The word nostalgia means to me about the time that you lived in the past that had pleasure and also a mix of sadness because that is long gone which won’t come back again ever…!

    Tbh the world has forced itself so much upon this mind that I barely even remember my childhood;

    This might be sad to hear but yes this is how it is, I only know flashbacks of my childhood and even those memories are fleeting away from me;

    When I’m within those whom I call my own and they remember their childhood an the moments we spent in school together I try to make believe from their conversations;

    It doesn’t necessarily break my heart but it shatters something that I cannot remember something that we did together and we can’t relate to it anymore so we just talk about things around us…!

    Long story short^

    The memories that are fleeting away,

    The memories that are fading which I partially remember they make me feel nostalgic,

    I’m not the same person I was back then and each and every day I forget them a little bit more,

    It seems the day isn’t far that I have a clean slate without any memories and that is what truly fears me…!

    Well,

    That’s a topic for another day and another version of me to worry about;

    For all of you I hope you spend New Year’s Eve and the morning of the new year in your loved one’ arms while I pull a shift that I have planned to put my family in a better financial state;

    A promise that gets priority over everything…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Relationships that built our foundations

    Relationships that built our foundations

    What relationships have a positive impact on you?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    The new year is almost upon us now,

    It’s 30th of December today;

    And just two days are left…

    Let’s try and be a better version of ourselves in the coming year and make ourselves happy by focusing on ourselves rather than the world outside…!

    Coming back to the prompt of the day;

    Well this life is full of relationships that make and break us, but there are many which made me who I am today…

    First the business relationship that I had with my father,

    where he taught me all about the importance of building trust with the clients and also how we can land clients who aren’t satisfied with anything else otherwise;

    He made me realise that you need to hear the problem a client is facing and draw conclusions with them to reach a point where both they and us are satisfied…

    My relationship with my mother, who brought me into this world and cherished me from the bottom of her heart;

    she taught me how to be soft spoken and to always listen before speaking anything or saying even a single word from your mouth; this gives the person a sense of satisfaction and in a sense relief that they are/were heard and even their words mean the world to someone…!

    My relationship with my friends is that of a curious person;

    we discuss topics that are crucial and gruesome at the same time, on discussing those we come to a point where we differ,

    Then we understand the need of communication between us because it deepens our friendship when we constantly touch the boundaries which we made for ourselves and expand it each time…!

    My relationship that I used to have with a certain someone who I used to call the love of my life was that of best friends,

    we used to talk on call discuss our routine later when home we used to video call each other because of the distance between us; something that came between us eventually and flung us apart from each other, forcing us to to walk on paths different from each other…!

    Well, if you ask me these relationships that exist around us make and break us;

    If on opening your eyes you think about survival and making it back to your home or the loved ones, your mind becomes coded in that way and everything becomes a survival story…!

    The type of worlds we live in…!

    With that being said the new year came at the worst time,

    in the middle of the week this year…!

    Well even if it did, let’s make it the best of us and a promise to self to be a better version of ourselves in the coming year…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍