Waakiye

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  • What if other people could dream because of you…?

    What if other people could dream because of you…?

    What’s your biggest dream?

    26/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I really hope that all of you dream and dream bigger than what you are right now,

    I hope you don’t stop dreaming ever because if you do, It closes the door that gives you a mental boost and forces you to push yourself In a direction that helps you achieve it someday…!

    Everyone has some dream that we might consider common,

    A buttload of money,

    A mansion,

    Cars that they obsess over,

    Or a girl that they want to marry because they love her oh so much…!

    But,

    I’ve made myself to be on the path that considers these man made things a flaw that most of us believe that they should possess…

    If you look at it from a wider perspective,

    It shows the world how you are doing in life or how much of its material wealth you possess and people judge you on the basis of that…!

    And if all of it is stripped away,

    You will see those who used to eat and drink with you trickling away once they get a hint on how you are not well off now…!

    An advice to all the young ones reading this,

    (I hope there are some…!)

    The material wealth will come and go,

    Until you dream of being someone who creates these micro dreams for others…!

    Imagine being a person who employs many people and they are able to dream because of you…!

    Now that is something that I dream of being…!

    It could mean by employing them or treating them equal to you at all levels and even greeting someone and talking to them politely…!

    It also means you harbour no bad feelings for no one and keep a clean slate when someone asks you about them…!

    Let me tell you something before going…!

    Only when your basic needs are met and you are confident and consistent with the efforts, you will see the fragments of your dream come true…!

    If all of your time is spend surviving and working hard to scrape by,

    The time to achieve your dream takes longer…!

    They never fail unless your efforts to achieve them fail…!

    So keep on dreaming and working hard simultaneously until you achieve your life transforms into something you saw in your dream…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    Track of the day…!

    Trying to introduce a new thing here…!

    Hope you find Jeona worth listening…!

  • A smartwatch for my mum..!

    A smartwatch for my mum..!

    What is the best purchase you have ever made?

    23/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    There are a few purchases that I regret making in life and think about how I could have saved money if I was sensible enough back then…!

    But,

    Today’s prompt is on the contrary,

    The best purchases we have made with money-

    It could be your hard earned money,

    or it could have been a partial payment was made by you and rest was taken up by someone,

    Or you are still paying emi’s for it…!

    A purchase is a good one only if you can pay it off without worrying about how you will manage the rest…!

    For me,

    One of the best purchases I made for myself is the iPhone that I bought for myself,

    Even if it was a second hand one, I have been using it ever since I bought it and it’s the medium that I use to connect with the world and bring you all of the posts…!

    I made the payment in full and was gifted some accessories as I got it from a friend who runs a small business of selling phone accessories and it belonged to his sisters friend and they wanted to sell it because she was upgrading it..!

    Khair

    I ended up with this iPhone and I’m using it each and every day since then…!

    There was a different happiness as it is my first apple device and I bought it from the money I earned through hardwork…!

    The best purchase that I made for my mom was a smart watch…!

    She wanted to track her progress and steps but she told me that she couldn’t carry her phone with her all the time,

    So it was a noise smartwatch which tracks her steps, heart rate and sleep which gives her an insight into what she is doing right or wrong…!

    Oh the happiness on her face when I took it out of the box and tightened it on her wrist and paired with her phone…!

    And she was overjoyed to tell me that she listened and made her first call on that watch…!

    Which made me realise how fast technology has changed and one day as I was returning from work I made a call and asked her if we needed anything for home…?

    she recited a list and I wrote it on my phone..!

    And she was overjoyed to tell me that she picked up that call on her watch and there was so much happiness on her face I couldn’t comprehend it…!

    Yes the call was a bit choppy but I couldn’t bring myself to tell her that so I kept that piece of information to myself…!

    These are the two of the best purchases I made the latter one is much more close to me…!

    I hope you have a good day and this read brings you some nostalgia..!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Being mis-gendered and getting a laughter out of it..!

    Being mis-gendered and getting a laughter out of it..!

    What’s the funniest misunderstanding you’ve ever been part of?

    22/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    One of the funniest misunderstanding that I was a victim of was being mis-gendered…!

    She’s a fellow writer and works hard each day, managing her life while taking care of her kid…!

    But,

    In her mind she already assigned me to be her female companion…! 😅

    We had a conversation where she published a book and I stumbled across her Instagram page and bought one…!

    And she assumed that I was a girl because my real name is something that can be used for both genders…!

    To be honest,

    She told me that she has a friend whose name is the same as mine and she’s a girl…!

    And she spent years with her during her college and she assumed I might be someone from just like her female friend was who she made friends with…!

    But,

    At the end I made it very clear that I’m a dude who loves to write and would love to buy her newly published book which I got and read it to the last page,

    And it helped me big time…!

    I thought it was funny and how these simple misunderstandings can pop out of daily routine and make us remember them as funny times…!

    That being said,

    I am a dude IRL and I’m fond of reading and writing if someone was unaware of the fact…!

    Cheers to the funny misunderstandings that bring some laughter into our lives 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Doomscrolling addiction and an attempt to broaden my horizon…!

    Doomscrolling addiction and an attempt to broaden my horizon…!

    What app eats up most of your screen time — and do you even feel bad about it?

    21/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I know we are very much addicted to social media and even I am a part of the people who are addicted to it…!

    My most used app is Instagram on which I find myself constantly just scrolling a dn giving myself the dopamine boost that comes from each reel…!

    I know it’s not healthy and eats my already limited time,

    But,

    When I don’t my day feels incomplete and I often find myself scrolling even before I go to sleep…!

    The second most used app is YouTube;

    Because I listen to music a whole lot and watch content that helps me broaden my horizon which means a lot of time is also spent on YouTube…!

    Instagram eats approximately an hour forty minutes per day which caps out at least five hours a week;

    Which is followed by YouTube which has around an hour and 20 minutes a day which ends up under five hour a week…!

    Very much addicted but it helps me explore more and think more…!

    Imagine coming across a reel that helps me explore a mindset or letting you know that is happening in the protests at jantar mantar in Delhi,

    From the comfort of your own home…

    But,

    It eats away at your conscience and makes you coming back for more…!

    Two sides of a coin isn’t it…?

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Answering a question from where we stand in this life about travel…!

    Answering a question from where we stand in this life about travel…!

    What’s a movie or book that inspired you to travel?

    20/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Curve-ball…!

    This massive prompt comes to us,

    All of us including this fellow writer…!⬆️

    Well there are some of us who travel without a purpose and those purposes can be defined by;

    Somewhat of a dream or what they saw/imagined in life in their wildest dreams…!

    Or,

    It could be something like they learned and began imitating what they saw in their parents…!

    But,

    For us middle class people who work hard;

    Travel is used only as a means that connects some point to other and it is defined by a reason to travel;

    It can be for business or something that leads to its expansion,

    Rare it is about doing something that can be considered as waste because they know how it is earned…!

    Only reason that is ours and inspires us to travel is getting something in return like a big order or something that has ripple effects in the whole household…!

    And when we come to or back from travel we ask ourselves have we been faithful like did we cover the costs or achieve a certain amount of money or exposure in the form that bring us money later in life;

    And if our ideas match the answers that these eyes see;

    We feel accomplished..!

    Do tell me if your mindset or psyche says something else..!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Technologies that brought us close to each other.!

    Technologies that brought us close to each other.!

    Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why?

    18/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I woke up with a news today,

    Mr Sonam Wangchuk who was sitting at the protest for all of students who are considered the future of our nation Was picked up by Delhi police who came in casual clothes around 7 or 7:30 this morning…!

    Just because they wanted his health to not deteriorate anymore,

    And Supreme Court passed a judgement that the state has a duty to preserve life of a person who is on an indefinite strike…!

    This is the angle they chose,

    To save the life of a citizen instead of thinking and acting on the demands that include removal of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan,

    Because of 20 neet students suicide and recurring failure and lapse in education sector and job creating sector…!

    A dark day in history today…!

    The outdated technologies that I miss are few but I remember them because they remind me and I guess all of us the time spent with our loved ones…!

    First would be cassettes…!

    I remember going to places with my family and we had a cassette player installed in our car and we used to listen to old songs from movies like Mughal-e-Azam;

    When I was a kid I didn’t used to understand the meaning of those when I was a kid,

    But,

    Now when I look back and see my father enjoying them and listening to it as a way to pass time,

    I remember him happy and all of us used to enjoy them…!

    Second would be the bulky tv’s

    I know all of you know the tvs which were huge and had the length of an arms length and they were heavy…!

    Those times are remembered because we used to sit as a family, eat dinner and enjoy the time that we had with each other at night..!

    Limited were the channels but we used to watch movies together and shows which were available at that time…!

    Lastly

    Those close doored PCO booths

    I know it might be too vintage for all of you,

    But I do remember going to pco to call my grandma with my mum;

    Up until we didn’t have a landline at home..!

    There were other things which forced my mum to not use home phone as people at home thought of it as wrong to call her mother every time…!

    We used to enjoy standing in that booth and I think I saw her crying a few times in that booth,

    Which caused pain but we were not aware of what was going on…!

    But,

    Those technologies brought us to who we are today..!

    Today I carry two phones, a laptop and many other things but the distance between us got to much broad that even with all of this connectivity we have moved far away from each other..!

    (Khair)

    Call a loved one today and tell them you care and if possible check up on them on video call…!

    (I know the last part is a bit far fetched but maybe drop a message first..)

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Excuses that save some time and help us avoid confrontation with situations…!

    Excuses that save some time and help us avoid confrontation with situations…!

    What is the best excuse you have heard lately?

    17/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Once you become clear with human nature and in how many different places it can run you can hear many excuses,

    And they differ in such a manner that you cannot even fathom it…!

    “Excuses like I’m sick or I’m feeling under the weather” for plans they made and then bailed on later are common,

    And,

    Later finding them enjoying themselves a day or so later made me realise the problem…

    “There are instances where I understand that the excuse is genuine” because I already know them and if they could actually go through the situation that they’re talking about,

    Because people can easily tell someone passed away just to cancel plans,

    But,

    If I knew someone was running sick or had short time on this G0d’s green earth,

    I understand and go to them to give some ease and take some responsibilities off their shoulders…!

    Someone once told me that they thought the plan was of the next day and I sat there dumbfounded,

    Cancelled all my plans and made time from my tight schedule for them and our friendship and guess what,

    Neither that friend exists nor does the friendship anymore,

    We just gradually drifted apart from each other…!

    There might be reasons beyond my doubt or even my comprehension but,

    These excuses make me up,

    You up and all of us up…!

    Sometimes a lie is something that saves us from meeting the person or spilling us out of a situation that we don’t want to be in…!

    And that’s how even the worst of the excuses come with a reason which is to deny your presence or maybe deny a thing or an object that you have problem with letting others take it from you…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye

  • Experiences that resonate with the feelings within…

    Experiences that resonate with the feelings within…

    Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are?

    16/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I think things that happen around us shape our mind into developing and finding ways out of a problem and develop into something that we are today…!

    I believe in the fact that if you grew up taking hits, blame for others, often being thrown under the bus or even neglected;

    It made you feel that your life didn’t had meaning or you were born to take blame for others…!

    And that shaped you into being precarious about things even someone who was approaching you with positive intentions—

    It made you feel that the world was out to get you and that experiences shaped you to into being scared of any possibility of positivity coming your way…!

    The same can be said the other way around if you grew up in a positive household,

    Or people around who loved you and helped you grow and didn’t scold you at each mistake,

    But told you how you were wrong and taught you how to correct your behaviour or not repeat the same mistake,

    You grow up with a ray of positivity and that is what you reflect into this world and try to help someone who is down in the dumps all the time because that is what you experienced and that is what you turned into and now that is tho you are…!

    There are many who walk on the fine line in between,

    They are broken even though the people around them are positive and try to help them all the time,

    But they are so much in love with the negative side that they cannot give it up,

    And it has become their whole personality and that is what they resonate with…!

    Then there are those who are taking hits each day but still try to walk with a smile on their face and the environment around them bends towards negativity but they don’t give up on it and still try to shine and glow amongst those around them and try to bring a wave of positive energy,

    In a hope that someday the people who are around them might…!

    But,

    At the end I think,

    Who we are shapes how we perceive things that becomes learning experiences in our lives…!

    For example if you grew up in a calm household and there is happiness around you;

    A stressful or a sad situation like G0d forbid someone passes away,

    You feel even more emotional about it…!

    But,

    The same action can bring some ease into the mind of the person who takes care of the person who’s health deteriorated day by day until their passing away…!

    How your mind developed into who you are today matters into creating how you perceive an experience and that in turn develops your character…!

    So keep on living, experiencing and resonating positivity and be a ray of hope in someone’s sad life…!!!

    Because I know you already are…!

    🌅🌻🌈

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Soaring above these clouds like an eagle

    Soaring above these clouds like an eagle

    If you had to be an animal for a week, which one would you be and why?

    15/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey..

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    If I were to be an animal for the week I’d probably like to be an eagle 🦅…

    They are apex predators and they cover a lot of ground in a single flight…!

    They are occasionally seen flying in a group but I’ve seen them going solo too…!

    The thing that appeals me is that they are very different from other birds and they generally fly much higher than any other bird that exists in our human knowledge…!

    If I were able to cover long distances and watch the world from such a distance it would be somewhat of a dream come true for me…!

    Other than that,

    I know most of the bird’s life is flying (around 75%) and the rest is mating, resting and other activities that they do…!

    To be in the air and scavenging/hunting for food with my buddies would be a dream that I would call one of the top 10 I’ve had…!

    And it would totally be awesome…!

    Contrary to popular belief eagles rarely fly above clouds,

    And,

    There is nothing called a 150 day moulting period instead the process is ever continuing and they pluck their feathers both from each side to maintain balance;

    So you know the eagle has enough knowledge about what they are doing and how they can achieve stability…!

    Finding their prey from approximately three kilometres and being dedicated enough to grab them by their talons and kill it and enjoy the prey with their mate and their offsprings…!

    A bird that is dedicated enough towards its family and competitive enough towards the outsiders,

    With enough power to crush their enemies to death;

    An eagle would be the perfect choice for me…!

    Take a gander

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • The habit of going back to books that saved us…

    The habit of going back to books that saved us…

    Which book have you read more than any other?

    10/07/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    To be honest with all of you;

    Reading Books is something that has become a rare thing for me now…!

    The cycle of life and coming back from work has taken a big chunk of my time and whatever free time I do have in life,

    I try to spend it with loved ones and penning things and ideas that I like…!

    But nowhere that means I’ve lost the love for reading…!

    It can be reading a post by my fellow writers here on WordPress too,

    Because there are many who write here and they write so well that I often get inspired to write and explore a mindset that makes my writing sharp…!

    There is something that I have been chipping at for the past few weeks now and this is something that has been on the list for a long time and now that I secured it,

    Reading it was a dream up until I couldn’t find the book and now that I have found it, I can’t seem to get the time to go around it…!

    (Khair)

    The book in question

    Yes,

    I know it’s an old book but I did want a paperback version because all of the online ones make me switch from one app to another very easy…!

    So I bought this books and now it sits in my drawer until I switch my habits and actually kick off this habit of reading and getting another concept in my mind of how the lives were back then…!

    For an answer

    I’ve read the prophet(standalone book) and complete works of Khalil Gibran more than a healthy person should…!

    I’ve sought answers to things and behaviour of people and this is the only book that has stood by me and given me enough clarity and understanding to be the person I am today…!

    I hope you do read a little bit each day if you’re trying to add reading and growing into your life…!

    And I will try to get atleast a few pages in if not a whole chapter…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍