Waakiye

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  • Life saving advices to cut screen time…

    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 🤍

  • Leaving a Livable World: Our Responsibility Today

    Leaving a Livable World: Our Responsibility Today

    Daily writing prompt
    What are you most worried about for the future?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Something about my future that I’m deathly worried about…?
    It would be leaving this world uninhabitable for the future,
    That will inherit this planet from us…

    Imagine your kids and your grandkids,
    with the current trend going on,
    and leaving to them a world that won’t survive a span of 50 years,
    feeling the temperature, it went this summer,
    it went to what feels like 51.9-degree Celsius,
    as I was sweating like crazy at work these past few weeks…

    Imagine,
    these conditions deteriorating a few years down the line,
    as we aren’t stopping the emissions and dumping of waste into the public drainage,
    which in turn block and jam the drain systems and cause problems,
    and to clear that a lot of manpower is required,
    and fuel guzzling equipment that help in short term,
    But,
    cause a lot of problems like release of carbon monoxide,
    and other harmful by-products of incomplete combustion…

    Let’s not forget the big industries bypassing all hurdles and dumping their waste into water bodies directly,
    and those big drains that which take waste from our home,
    little of it actually gets refined,
    but most of it ends up in these water bodies and cause problems like pneumonia, and consumption of this water carrying waste that can be considered equal to be carcinogenic,
    anyone who consumes it will definitely be affected later on in life…

    Also,
    these so-called top tier,
    the people who are the top 1%,
    and when they use private jets and travel all over,
    They crush the individuals,
    your or my effort…!?

    For example,
    A private jet from NYC to LA gives around 7 to 10 tons of emission,
    (For 3~5 people)
    for a five-hour flight,
    and a typical person emits in a year,
    which turns out to be 2.07 metric tons per year….

    Now imagine being,
    a normal person and facing consequences,
    for something that you haven’t even THOUGHT ABOUT,
    and you have to shoulder the blame for them…

    A dream to have a clean source of fuel and equal sharing of responsibility,
    and leaving a better planet for those who are yet to bless us with their presence…

    A dying wish..

    Cheers🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • The True Value of Retirement: Family and Fulfillment

    The True Value of Retirement: Family and Fulfillment

    Daily writing prompt
    How do you want to retire?
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    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    I hope this new week,
    that all of you started is blessed with positivism,
    and a learning experience that helps you develop,
    (In a positive direction…)

    Also,
    today’s prompt,
    comes at a time when all,
    literally all of us think about it almost all of the time,
    also, for those who brought us into the world,
    our parents who also deserve much needed retirement and peace,
    in their ever-running life…

    Well,
    there are many who have a dream of having a buttload of money,
    and with that having all of the riches,
    all of the things needed in this life,
    waiting for your disposal,
    but,
    of what is the worth those things,
    which only come in your life after all you have done is struggle all your life,
    spending time away from your loved ones,
    in order to spend the last few with them…?

    Instead,
    I’d rather have a house that has a family,
    my family in which there are people who I can call mine,
    my children and their children,
    and we live in a big house all together..

    In the evening as I return to the home,
    I am wished by my grandkids,
    and their happy faces which make my day much better,
    as my children and their s/o’s return from their place of work,
    I’m there present at home,
    and wait their return…

    All of us,
    have dinner,
    as we are sitting,
    on a table that is big enough for our family and the Grandkids too,
    as and we are done with the dinner,
    we go out and take a walk in out garden Infront of our house,
    as I am in the arms of my beloved,
    as I stare into her eyes,
    and the moon,
    as we sit on the bench when we feel a bit tired,
    and the walk home as we are surrounded by the kids that call us Daadi and dada( Grandma and grandpa)…

    Isn’t that one of the life’s best treasures…?

    Having a home full of people,
    waiting for your return,
    instead of earning everything fast and crashing hard early,
    but,
    building a life that is enjoyable even till the very end…?

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    With a wish,
    that originated from deep within,
    A dream to exist,
    exist to see the faces of those,
    who will call us,
    Call us their grandparents…

    As we progress,
    go beyond ages,
    And from that we learn,
    learn the meaning,
    As we look at happy faces that shine,
    shine when they see their grandkids…

    All of the worries,
    All of the pain,
    Appears to subside,
    vanish into thin air,
    as soon as they are seen,
    or their happy faces are remembered,
    and their sweet laughter comes to these ears…

    A wish,
    a wish it seems to be,
    Making this life,
    this sad miserable life worth surviving…

    “A life worth living…”