Tag: daily-prompt

What is good about having a pet?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

There are so many things associated with having a pet,

All those who have one they know it all too well for those who don’t I’ll tell it to you too…

Imagine returning home and having someone waiting for you ready to shower you with love as soon as you step into the main door,

Waiting for you hours upon hours…

As soon as you walk in that door they try to climb you, god forbid you sit on a couch that they can climb on and then they’ll show you how much they missed you, their soft howls will tell you how much they missed you,

As they rub themselves all over you…

Don’t even try to eat infront of them because they will force you into giving a portion of your meal to them,

Oh those sad eyes look at you like they haven’t been fed for weeks…

A dopamine rush is felt when you pet them, brushing their fur even when you play with them but be aware of changes in their moods which could mean they are getting angry or upset with it…

But all in they help you by bringing down any sadness that comes your way as soon as you sit near them and thy come on their own to console you…

I know this is very dog centric that’s because I have two and the life is just so much better with them I cannot tell you how in words…

Well that’s it for the day,

Another week has started and I hope this one is better than the last one…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

10/11/2025
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well there are many purchases that I’ve made for other that might be more expensive than what I’ve purchased for self,

I’m a person who sees the worth and time that thing will pay itself off before it’s of no use to me anymore or has to be scrapped…

I’m very heavily invested in music and I have made purchases of expensive bass tubes and speaker sets when they were launched by the company…

One would be a Samsung wireless sound bar with wireless subwoofer which when launched costed me around 22,000/- INR;

Another one was a wired multimedia speaker launched in 2016 which was approximately 5,000/- at that time…

Another purchase was a garmin watch costing 10,000/- I think it was a Vivosmart hr+ and it was when all of this wasn’t even a hype back in 2016…

More recent purchases are a Samsung tab and an apple device from which I’m writing all of this…

Nothing of a major purchase but all these little things that help me live my life better and get me the happiness I need,

Bring me all the peace I need…

And hey it’s a Sunday again make sure you are well rested and take it slow and also treat yourself if you haven’t…

Happy Sunday

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

09/11/2025
Some laughters and life lessons worth hearing…

What podcasts are you listening to?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well there aren’t many podcasts that I’m in these days but there are a few that bless my ears…

One of the podcasts that I used to listen to was “Violating community guidelines” by Sarah Schauer and Brittany Broski;

I know weird names but they complimented each other and the funny instances on their podcasts were so hilarious that I often laughed out while working making people think that I’ve gone crazy 🤪..

48 episodes discussing the trends on the social media and what went on during the year 2022 and the end of it,

Started in January of ‘22 ending in December of the same year, Ive found myself to go back to it year after year and boost my mood and give me laugh whenever life pins me down…

These days I’m invested in a podcast called Alan watts daily wisdom and yes they’re sharing the timeless teachings of the philosopher Alan watts through ai in his voice to all the world to listen and view too…

Started a month ago and 24 videos in gathering a whopping 108k followers as we speak (on yt) I’ve found it very helpful and informative by giving me insight to live this life better in ways that are often overlooked…

Hope you will find these worth your while…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

08/11/2025
A lesson that still stays with me.

What was your favorite subject in school?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Those times were the ultimate, we could play and be ourselves(our real self) without bothering anyone and do things that we liked instead of what we are right now,

how we act today to get what we want…

Leaving it at that,

My favourite subject was history, in specific ancient Indian history, which I found very interesting due to a dedicated teacher and her clear vision to impart everything that she learnt during her life to her students…

The lessons were long according to some students (45 minutes) but I couldn’t get enough of them ever, also there were people who hated it from their very core;

But there were others who loved it too and along with them we formed a group who were very much in love with it and wanted to learn as much as possible within a short period of time…

We went on walks, explored locations and visited historic sites along with our teacher and learnt all the facts firsthand…

Many years have passed and most of us still remember the lessons that she used to teach us and often we remember how much condensed information she fed to us within a span of two years…

The best years of our lives…

Hope you find a teacher/sir in life that sparks such interest and curiosity in you that has ripple effect all over your life…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

07/11/2025
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 🤍
06/11/2025
On the brink of extinction, the human nature

What will your life be like in three years?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

With times uncertain as they are right now some days I really think is there any chance of survival for us as humans in the next couple of years…

With Ai at the brink of an explosion which gives it power to compute much beyond humans (its super intelligent form),

Which would mean a lot of our our jobs will be taken over and we will have to find other means and sources to make do what we are doing or love…

The texts that you and I read and write; for them a lot of Ai tools has come to refine them or make them better which means that in coming years too a lot of content that you will read will either be a part of Ai or wholly made by Ai;

What will happen once everything that is made has no connection to humans whatsoever…?

A fearful scenario to think about but it’s not that far into the future maybe within the five year mark…?

Fear inducing thought…!

Cheers (To all our survival) 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

04/11/2025
Failed attempts at remembering my childhood…

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

Hi…

I hope all of you are doing well…

(I hope Halloween went for all those who celebrated..)

I’d love to live a specific age in my life once again, well tbh I’m not that old yet but there’s an age which I’d like to return once and live my life to the fullest…

It would be my childhood i.e. the age when I was between 6 years to 12 years, because I see people remember their childhood,

but I really have no clue as to what my childhood was or what were my quirks or things that I used to do…

I’ve seen people remember their childhood with photos and memories, but it’s all a hazy flashbacks for me, every once in a while someone will ask how my childhood was and I’d remember bits and pieces of it nothing more ;(

I know it might feel sad to hear, but when you actively fight for survival after being the sole earner, things tend to fall apart real soon…

Every once in a while someone in my family will say do you remember that (A core memory from my childhood)..?

I’d shake my head and agree with them even if they lie through their teeth, because I have little to no recollection of what happened back then…

It’s sad and disappointing but that’s how it is for me, so I’d like to live my childhood once again…

Cheers (To some dreams that might come true in the near future) 🥂

Love Waakiye🤍

01/11/2025
Exploring India ‘s Rich Heritage and Beyond

Daily writing prompt
What countries do you want to visit?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

It’s another one of those great prompts kinda day,
what countries I’d love to visit,
such an open ended and a great question…

To be honest,
the country that I belong to,
India,
has such a rich heritage,
that as each and every state boundary changes,
the culture,
along with their language,
a different dialect from the last one,
also,
the food with their differing preparing techniques…

Within this country,
there are oh so many things to explore,
but,
the responsibility of work has landed on my shoulders,
which forces me to be there,
at the place of my work,
and due to that I am barely able to explore,
explore this country of mine…

The last trip I took,
it was to Himachal back in ’22
and nothing can beat it ever,
That is where I first saw snow,
and it stays in my memories,
forever…

I imagine for some of you it might be a common occurrence,
but,
imagine being a person who saw snow for the first time ever,
it was such a heavenly experience,
that the flashbacks still stay till this day,
and the trip was executed in the last week of December,
for this reason,
so,
me and my sister,
along with a cousin of mine,
and my best friend and his friend,
we all went and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves…

Well,
there are so many things left to explore,
Karnataka’s coffee,
to Assam’s tea plantation
Mumbai’s sea,
to luscious apple plantations in Kashmir…

There’s a lot to see,
in this country of ours,
until,
I can be free or,
make time from the responsibilities that bound me,
one day or another…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

As far as eyes go,
a wonder,
the wonders of the world,
within this country of mine comes to mind…

As the clicking and clacking comes to rest,
and the low humming of the devices come to a halt,
An eerie silence surrounds me,
without a clue,
what’s causing this,
and what’s the cure…?

This life still continues,
so does the work,
but the life,
that doesn’t…

In a limited time frame,
we have to find our happiness,
something that makes us happy,
something that brings us joy,
something that we love from the deepest of our hearts,
something that we can’t live or survive without…!

But,
this day still continues,
as commute takes away another 45 minutes,
and for those 45 minutes,
I stare past these buildings,
These high rises,
a place…

A place,
a place without,
the constant need to be available,
available round the clock,
at the disposal of the bosses,
at a single phone call,
but,
a few moments away,
Away from all this…

“MONOTONOUS CHAOS”

18/06/2025
Why I Chose the Name Waakiye: A Personal Reflection

Daily writing prompt
If you had to change your name, what would your new name be?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

The prompt still going crazy as usual,
but,
this one has me look into the old usernames and the alternate sites that I went through,
being a sort of different name and a different vibe that I brought there…

One of the sites that I uploaded my content to,
shut down this year in April,
and I began writing on it late ’22,
so almost 3 years of my content was there,
and there I went by a name that was randomly given to me,
on adding my details,
and that name still sticks to me,
As people who became close to me,
still call me by that name…

Whereas,
this name,
Waakiye
is much thought on,
decided with care and thoughts that go beyond normal,
A single word that has multiple meaning beyond languages,
It’s meaning much different as we travel across borders,
and get a different meaning each and every time,
Hence the considerations before coming at this..

The real name that I carry,
From birth,
there’s no such thing as pure and serene as that,
so,
there’s no changing that,
and the name that you all recognize me by here,
Stays on forever…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

A word,
a name,
that lives forever becomes the game…

For years upon years,
I tumbled,
and got humbled,
within a few years,
I found myself,
A name with limited excel…

A presence of which I became a seeker,
and traveled far lands,
caught within these walls,
called the mind…

So I sought,
one day,
the writing,
these lines,
these sentences,
these (Waakiye)…

They’ve been,
and will be,
from the very beginning,
till the end of me…

“A worthy name….”

06/06/2025
The Importance of Personal Keepsakes in Our Lives

Daily writing prompt
What personal belongings do you hold most dear?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

I’ve become a fan of the prompts these days,
they ask such intricate questions with such precise clear-cut words,
That it feels out of this world…

The reason it is so intricate for me is because,
we are often told not to brings things so close to our hearts,
that if one day you were to part (G0d forbid) from them,
the pain won’t ever be enough,
to take your life with itself…

The adamant rule of,
(Dil par nahi lagaa’na or Dil par mat lena),
Don’t take it on your heart (translations),
has saved me G0d knows how many times,
and it will till the end of me…

But,
we are only human Afterall,
aren’t we?
we take things to our heart,
and when time comes,
it takes a piece of it (our heart),
with it…

Coming back to the prompt,
personal belongings that I hold dear,
to myself,
there are many that I hold with care and utmost importance,
and they have a special place for me in my heart,
that make me want to continue,
whenever I feel like I’m falling off,
or,
about to…

One of them is a very old notebook,
from my school days,
where all of this took birth,
the essence of Waakiye,
or the birth of it,
I often find myself scrolling through,
some of the raw emotions that I wrote,
when all of this wasn’t even in my wildest dreams,
but,
The urge and a want to express what roamed this vast land of my mind,
it was there forever,
and thanks to consistency of that child,
and never stopping the scribbling,
he turned into a person that loves to write,
even if everything is going against,
out of control…

Another one,
is a collection of photos,
that keeps me grounded.

Reminds me of something that I did,
of irreversible nature,
and the type of thing that haunts me some nights,
but,
it gives me a proof of something that we all fear,

“THE FEAR OF DEATH ITSELF…”

that thing ended a great suffering,
and a time that we don’t wish on an enemy or their family,
But,
we went through,
endured all the sufferings,
and welcomed the future with open arms,
even if we were broken,
shattered from within,
we still lived,
lived to see the next day,
day after that,
and we will see this day too…

To better days and,
things that remind you of who you were,
and what shape you shall take tomorrow,
an unknown reality welcomes you…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

In the distance I saw,
I saw a being,
a version of self,
in a place that I could have been…

Being on the support of others,
not able,
notable of something like a madman,
who lost it,
lost it all…

There wasn’t any other option,
but,
to stand tall,
be a shadow to those who were now dependent,
and be a support system for those,
who still don’t believe of the happening,
and yet,
here we are,
enduring it yet again,
this day,
just like yesterday,
like it happened yesterday,
like a film all of it plays,

BUT,
THERE WASN’T ANY OTHER OPTION…

23/05/2025