Waakiye

Tag: personal-growth

  • Being Introspective in a surface level world…!

    Being Introspective in a surface level world…!

    What is one word that describes you?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well..!

    It’s 7:36 in the morning as I’m writing this and Delhi has been blessed with rains after a few hot and humid days;

    And the same overcast horizon happens to bless us all today too…!

    And this weather brings out a plethora of feeling of that range from love for your significant other and something of a loss that originates from being all alone…!

    Well this evening will tell us which side overpowered the other one,

    Or maybe it will be a mix of both…?

    Who knows—-

    Coming back to the prompt

    A word that describes me…

    After sitting on this one line for half hour and thinking what would be the right word that would describe Waakiye in a single world—

    It would be,

    Introspective

    It has been brought to my attention one two many times, even when I’m writing something small or even long posts;

    That it appears to those around me I get cut off from this world;

    And go dwell into a world that exist beyond this one…!

    Like all of the world exists within this notes app or my trusty notebook…!

    And when I tell someone a story or something of a writeup it feels like it was written after being in the shoes of the person no matter which hierarchy the character cones from…!

    And often I’ve been told that I dwell too deep into the details and the specifics of it too…

    And when that piece is read it reflects the same…!

    So,

    Being introspective would be the perfect description of who and what I am…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A grocery haul for a typical family…

    A grocery haul for a typical family…

    List your top 5 grocery store items.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Today’s prompt is a weird one, like what does this even compare to, a few prompts back to back were very serious ones and required thinking on a higher level;

    But what would be my top five grocery store items…

    Well,

    My first would be ready to cook pasta, not any specific type but all of them elbow, penne, fusilli, bow tie, spaghetti and so much more;

    They are versatile and go well with anything that you cook and they are easy to snack on and filling if cook properly…

    Second thing would be some sort of chicken, maybe it’s kebab or some cold cuts or even packed chicken breasts that can be whipped into some sort of curry or something of a semi dry dish like marry me chicken or even something that can be turned into fried chicken tbh the variety is never ending…

    Third thing would be herbs and dried spices, if we are starting from scratch it would mean we need to have all of the things that are required to have a proper grocery run and one time purchase of these things can last a month too;

    I mean turmeric, Kashmiri red chilli(for color), standard red chilli which gives it the kick that it needs, cumin seeds, ginger powder, black peppercorns, cinnamon bark, clove, cardamom , mustard seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds and lastly star anise;

    All of these are a must have if you plan on making a grocery run for the very first time…

    Fourth wound be veggies, a staple would be potatoes, onion, ginger and garlic, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, mushroom(if the price is right) green peas, capsicum, cauliflower and spinach if the seasons are right…(do I need to explain these…?)

    The last would be pulses and being from India at least one time of cooked food has some sort of pulse wherever you go, imagine going to eat something South Indian food the staple idli and dosa including sambhar is made using pulses like rice and black gram(called urad dal here in our country…)

    Some other would be chickpea, kidney beans red lentil, peas, black eyed peas( called lobiya),split yellow peas, mixed pulses, mung beans, moth beans and so much more…

    I forgot to add eggs and that is very shameful for me because I have one every morning and almost forgot about them(P.s. a sixth edition from my side)

    With these five((6)) things you can conquer any of these recipe that works for you…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Men who shaped my life

    Men who shaped my life

    Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    There are a few men in my life who have guided me in a positive direction and given me a way to live this life in a much better way…

    The first one would be my late father, who was one of the pillars in my life he shaped my existence (literally) and taught me how to be a better person by just being present in my life and acting like a good father figure to look up to, even though we had limited time with each other,

    There are some decisions of his that I question myself but those were taken keeping in mind my future and the future of our family-led business…

    But I’m really grateful that whatever time we had together was spent in happiness and neutrality…

    The second one would be my father’s brother, my uncle; he is the one who taught me all the business that our family has to date, and he taught me the basics and the complex things of the business that we now run together;

    He imparted me the sense of respect and how to please a client and negotiate what feels best for us (margin-wise) without having to cut deep into the pockets of any of our potential client a time of five years under his guidance gave me a different perspective at life also the shoes he had to fill when he was a child forced into this business too…

    The last one would be my friends, without them I’m just a wandering soul on this planet, they keep me grounded and also help me achieve what I am capable of there are so many instances that have shaped me that happened just between my friends which gave me a new perspective on life itself;

    They are with me when there was no one, and they shall be with me until the end of me…

    These were the few men who positively impacted my life…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • What Improves with Age? Discovering Taste, Wisdom, and Confidence

    What Improves with Age? Discovering Taste, Wisdom, and Confidence

    Daily writing prompt
    What do you think gets better with age?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    There are a few things that get better with age,
    that I can think of,
    at this very instant…

    Taste…

    Your preferences become more filtered,
    instead of the crude and in their raw versions they were before;

    You acquire taste in various fields like,
    Music, fashion, food and art,
    and these choices become yours,
    because they are acquired through trial and err,
    and they now show a great part of you…

    Wisdom and a vision for perspectives…

    As you grow and work,
    you gain skill,
    an insight into seeing the bigger picture,
    even the missing one which you have to create to achieve that level,
    But,
    that does mean giving up on things that are unimportant at that time,
    which can cause you to feel left alone or isolated,
    because things like these aren’t visible in the early years of life,
    and if it were,
    you’d most probably spending much time alone contemplating them,
    by planning ahead from an early age…

    Controlled grip on emotion…

    As you age and get reality checks,
    setbacks that make you realize your position,
    In life and in society,
    capping your goals and framing your life within a few things that were within your reach,
    you start to understand and have your views on things,
    and when you come to know the actual reality of those around you,
    the different way they are bound to you,
    some just like you…

    then you gain control over your emotions and built a stamina for it,
    which makes it harder for you to take an unnecessary fall,
    which can be made on early deductions…

    Foods and beverages…

    There are certain things,
    certain foods and drinks that become your acquired taste,
    like fine wine and pairing it with specific cheeses;

    Taste of truffles is one of them,
    it feels weird at first and after consuming it often,
    it becomes a taste that suits your palate…

    Just like wine,
    the taste of good whiskey is acquired through many trials and errors,
    you try expensive whiskey and drink it using some ice and little water,
    and it doesn’t hit you back like the cheap ones usually do,
    their buzz is consistent and not something that becomes a high or low within a matter of few minutes,
    But,
    that doesn’t mean it’s good for you;

    Anything and everything in moderation is better…

    Awareness of self and boost in confidence…

    With age,
    one becomes adamant on their rules and regulations that work for them,
    all of the outside judgment is ignored,
    and one becomes more comfortable in their own skin;

    Which in turn builds confidence,
    by not having a constant pressure of surroundings,
    and growing at a pace that seems comfortable for self,
    which sparks this feeling that’s-

    “MORE ABOUT KNOWING LESS ABOUT PROVING”

    with that being said,
    these are the things that I think,
    get better with age,
    What about you,
    do mention them in the comments below…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye🤍

  • Finding Your Someone: Embracing Growth and Connection

    Finding Your Someone: Embracing Growth and Connection

    No-one will,
    you’ll have to understand this;

    There’s gonna be someone and if you aren’t prepared for that someone,
    life might not throw anyone at you for a long time…

    Making you realise the problem,
    that your growth happened at a rate slower than what it should have had…

    This certain someone can be a colleague,
    someone you know from the neighborhood,
    someone who you studied with,
    someone who you go to the office with,
    or someone you saw once and they disappeared from your sight forever,
    but they stay in your vision,
    they stay on your mind…

    What if you were meant to be,
    just the way you are right now…?
    (Now that’s scary…)

    It might not mean that you won’t ever find that certain someone,

    but,

    It does mean that you will spend a chunk of life alone which you were supposed to spend with them;

    All alone;

    That isn’t a bad thing per se, but, the moments that you were supposed to spend together, bonding and pulling each other out of a situations that were too much for either of you…!

    You had to pull yourself out of it;

    and when that happens your instinct becomes that of survival, rather than it becoming of trust and once that happens it becomes extremely difficult to revert back to what it should have been…!

    P.S.

    Never in my right mind I’d say that your instinct should always be that of looking for help,

    but,

    It should be a mix of both,

    sometime it should be that of fighting/pushing when the situation becomes hard to handle but when it comes to your S.o. It should be that of affection, kindness and love…!

    But,

    that doesn’t happen automatically,

    It comes from trial and error,

    You act/react and learn the right way and then it becomes the norm…!

    Circling back,

    When you find yourself all alone at such times,

    it makes you feel no one is made for you and you aren’t made for anyone…!

    And this mindset kills any hope that you have for yourself or someone else;

    Making you feel bad, sometimes worse when you are rejected and when that happens one of two things are triggered;

    Sadness and its loop taking you down

    or

    Anger and its loop transforming into rage and getting into your head…!

    From an external point of view the latter is worse where a person develops a feeling to show someone their place by using force;

    But,

    equally is bad the first part where a person pulls themselves down making them feel worthless and after a tipping point ending it all…!

    The type of fight matters,

    is it with self and the feeling that come back to you like a spiral staircase…!

    or,

    is it with what someone said and you planned otherwise and you want that to be the final outcome…!

    A thought that roams this mind so freely that it bugs me…!

    Taking a day off today due to bad health…!

    This fever is going to be the end of me as all of my joints hurt like I have been beaten very hard…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍