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Dinner with Loved Ones: Healing Through Memories

Daily writing prompt
If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

There was a family tradition that used to take place earlier in our family,
we used to get together,
have drinks,
cook our own food,
some it was store bought,
and it only required heating it a little bit..

But,
it was like once maybe twice a year kind of tradition which used to take place at our residence,
but people used to come from faraway places,
even from neighboring states,
a day or two before…

We used to have music,
and used to hit steps after getting a bit tipsy,
but,
all in everyone enjoyed to their fullest,
there would be people sitting in the corner eating and drinking,
talking to each other,
I would occasionally check on them and get them anything they needed,
and they’d thank me for it,
and the smile would stay on my face the entire night…

Until,
the latter half on ’23,
after battling for an entire year,
and losing at the end,
the life was never the same,
all the point of get-together became a sham,
there was no happiness whatsoever,
all the sense,
essence of happiness or get-together was lost,
as he left us…

So,
I’d invite my now deceased father,
and revive the long-lost tradition of having the grand dinner once again,
Or teach us how we could continue without the loss of someone so dear to our hearts,
where all of us would get together,
and enjoy to our fullest,
once again,
yet again…

Cheers 🥂 (Happy weekend)

Love Waakiye 🤍

12/07/2025
Daily Comfort Hacks: Tips for a Better Life

Daily writing prompt
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

There are many strategies that I employ to make my life more comfortable,
well not just mental comfort but my physical comfort too…

Daily Journaling…

One of the things that I do each day is by writing about it in my journal,
and each day I read the last one,
helping me determine the habits that I have,
and which of them make my life better,
or provide me an insight that helps me to avoid something that disrupts it…

Basking and Meditation…

On waking up,
I go to my balcony and look at the sunlight,
or the natural light peering through the clouds,
which reminds me that the sleep is finally over as I spend a few minutes in the sunlight,
someday sitting down on a mat in the balcony and meditating and reflecting on the day ahead,
the types of work I have to involve myself in,
and the roles I have to play this day…

Clean living atmosphere…

One of the most important things is to have a clean environment,
this isn’t just about having clean surroundings or your vicinity,
but my room is where it all begins from,
a clean room,
which isn’t messy,
and the soft lighting that imitates the sunlight is used to illuminate my room;
This simplifying of my environment makes it much easier to live a life that feels fulfilling and worth living tbh…

Getting to bed early…

Getting my good 7-8 hours of sleep,
even if it means getting to bed and falling asleep at ten maybe 11 at night,
because a good sleep helps me wake up refreshed,
and with new ideas that help me on the daily,
living this fast-paced life at my own pace,
and with that sleeping in early comes in waking up early to involve myself in some physical activity like walking or taking a stroll around the building complex,
which boosts my metabolism and gives me a chance to be one with nature early in the morning…

These are some of the ways I increase comfort and at the same time better my life with the help of options that suit me the best..!

Do you have a routine like this which helps you,
Do let me know…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

09/07/2025
Crafting Authority: Daily Learning in Writing and Life

Daily writing prompt
On what subject(s) are you an authority?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well,
when the topic of authority comes in,
I like to think it this way,
one can never master a skill,
no matter how much time they spend on it,
but,
a level of expertise comes in,
after dabbling in a single field…

After spending around three years,
and writing at least half a million to quarter of million words,
and given countless of them to writers and individual organizations,
it’s safe to say there’s some level of authority that I have been blessed with,
(On this),
But,
even saying this feels wrong to me,
because there is so much yet to be done,
so much yet to be achieved from this,
and coming from a background that has nothing to do with this,
makes it hard as the way has to be paved as I walk on it,
for someone to follow the same…

The field that I’m working in other than this,
makes it polar opposite,
Working in an industry where I learn new things each day,
and return home drenched in sweat and covered in a layer of soot,
but,
even there,
the learning continues on,
and it happens on the daily,
a new way to achieve results quicker and cheaper,
this tussle continues each day,
tomorrow too,
and the day after too…

So,
the struggle continues each day,
both ways,
But it’s a good life,
that continues perpetually…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

04/07/2025
Exploring Personal Admiration: Who Do We Look Up To?

Daily writing prompt
List the people you admire and look to for advice…
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Hey..

I hope all of you are doing well…

You must be thinking that,
I must,
I really would have people I look upto ,
admire and would want to be like,
but,
there in reality,
there are none…

There are a few whom i read,
who pushed me into a direction to work hard,
write with consistency,
explore different avenues of life,
to be a better person on a whole…

But,
really there are none whom i admire,
there wasn’t someone who would guide me to write,
even if i am grateful for people who pushed me in this direction,
but,
admiration per se?
that,
i think is earned when someone looks at you,
looks up to you from the bottom up…

But,
I’ve taken my steps looking at something far beyond a person,
or what anyone is capable of,
so,
I’ve yet to find someone i admire,
from the bottom of my heart…

Till i find someone….!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

Now this is something that i call an inspiration,
or a source of one,
the moon its serenity is something that i admire forever,
a countless number of images in my phone you’ll find of the same,
much thanks to the world for existing and letting us witness the beauty it possesses…

04/05/2025
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
A Journey Through Life’s Stories

Daily writing prompt
What topics do you like to discuss?
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Hey,
I hope you all are doing well…!

Today’s prompt forced me into exploring my notes app and the pad that I carry on me,
he|| even the conversations I’ve had with people up until this point…

It was and has been a fever dream of sorts,
I’ve talked on human psychology (of all age),

I’ve talked about love,
pretty vocal about two people meeting and some intimate scenes too,
(I don’t know if they are safe to upload here…?)

I’ve talked about addiction (its consequences too…)
and numerous stories about people finding true love,
some about losing their better halves,
and many losing their lives too…

There were many a things that shaped me into who i am today and i utilize them wholly
even the little things that i see as I’m driving from or to work…

But all of this for a cause greater than life itself,
to provide each and every one of you a version of life that’s unseen from a place that isn’t explored by many,
even if we all have it,
what we call our mind…

It is maybe due to meeting people from so many different fields,
some being doctors,
aspirants of government jobs,
psychology students,
teachers of high schools,
businessman/women
and many more that are skipping my mind…

All in,
it has been a journey that is to be remembered forever,
and it shall be with the type of influence I’ve got from these godsend people…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

This is the one place where I found myself,
the essence of self,
the being that I am today,
there were a lot of problems that came within the path of reaching this place,
but when I stood there,
and took this picture the breathtaking view absorbing all of it in,
it felt like I found a new love for the things the same things that existed back home…

26/04/2025
A risk bigger than life…

When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out?

Hey,

I hope you all are doing well…!

One of the biggest risks that I’ve taken on till date is to start all of this,

Yes, this writing;

No one in my family had what is called a said knack for writing,

So,
All I’ve been doing is hitting it day in day out,
without skipping one day,

Also managing my business where I work by hand
(because I love to do that…)

There isn’t any said time that I can afford to take out of my day for writing specifically,

but,
the ideas that I jot down in my note’s app are really good ones,
and one day I will start to share them in the form of stories or maybe some short one-two liners that work here…

Part of the risk is that some days these posts have a better reach, even though I just reached 20 posts here last morning,
But,

Being a writer means that you have to tackle this world along with the fight that goes on within,
to be expressive sometimes vocal about your dreams and wants,

But,

At the end of the day
you can get a good night’s sleep knowing you wrote and expressed how you felt,
and maybe changed an aspect of someone reading your posts…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

There’s no such thing as the next moment, until there’s a proof of existence that was acknowledged by someone around you, i.e. your proof of existence is confirmed by those who are around you who know you, like you; and when one shall return to the form that it all began from their presence shall be remembered and the words unspoken shall be regretted forever…

25/04/2025
How I Conquered My Nerves at a Theatrical Play

What makes you nervous?

Even though I’m quite a reserved person,
there are some things that give birth to nervousness within me….

Being the person that I am,
I’m not that open to new experiences and if I want to experience new ones,
it feels like my mind already has planned all of the outcomes even before I am to undergo the “Said” experience…

For example;

I once went to a theatrical play and I was running late,
I had a fixed seat which I booked a few weeks in advance.

On reaching there a little late,
the host had already opened with the introductions.

…….

As I entered and looked for my seat and saw someone else sitting in mine,
on telling them this was my seat,

He told me he had a seat in the middle somewhere which he booked outside the hall,
can I take that one..?

On telling him that I couldn’t
because I booked this seat weeks prior and I will sit here;

Nervousness creeped in
as he didn’t get up even after asking politely,
and after that in a stern voice,
after a few moments the staff came in as he stated to raise his voice against me.

Knowing this was a public place,
and they reserved the right for our admission,
as I showed them the ticket and he was politely told to go to his seat,
which he refused.

On pausing the play for a moment all the lights were lit,
and the said person was told to move to his seat or to be escorted out of the venue by security.

The smug look on his face now wiped clean as he murmured something in his mouth and squeezed himself to his seat in the middle..

That thing made me quite nervous.

But thankfully I booked in advance and the staff were really helpful…!

Overall,
A good day that was.

Apart from me losing my sh|t there.

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye

The first pic I took as I reached the destination after transversing through roads that were small and had a great abyss on the other side; the hazy memories of those times stay just like these pictures in my mind!!!

23/04/2025