Tag: relationships

  • To experiences that shape us…

    To experiences that shape us…

    Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Yes, I’ve had a few opportunities to present myself on stage with and without a group;

    I presented a speech all alone twice and I had all of the fear before it, legs feeling like jelly, those eyes staring at me like I owe them something, but once in my zone I performed what I had to it was a speech about a religious leader the topic that I picked way back…

    Another one was a rather small group that worked in an informal setting a few strangers and a piece of information that we shared and debated it to come to a standard conclusion,;

    A mere two person discussion turned into a few people taking their side and my side, it was a topic that has such a deep belief that we all had views on it “God’s existence and his overlooking those who were unfortunate…”

    And after the heat of discussion subsided we all had tea and called it a night as we walked away a bit better person, by learning someone’s side and some facts that even changed our beliefs…

    There were instances that we had musical performances during schooling too, which were often in groups because they shifted the focus and stress from a single child to the group, which was fun and enjoyable even for the audience because they were a part of us too as they enjoyed it as much as us…

    A few instances but they shaped a version that can be traced deviated from a standard path to what it is now expanding forever…

    To experiences like these that shape us for the better;

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • The stress associated after work…

    The stress associated after work…

    What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    The part of routine that I can avoid or skip would be the stress associated with work that constantly looms over my head…

    The constant pressure of preparing, of being active and on my toes has broken the foundation that I stand on;

    Some days it feels like a break from it would be better,

    But returning to it feels like a trap that I exited for a little while,

    after seeing clear open skies I have to walk into the cage to be trapped yet again and work within these tubes that trap my existence within them for 10 hours daily…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Some laughters and life lessons worth hearing…

    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 🤍

  • A lesson that still stays with me.

    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 🤍

  • 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 🤍

  • A holiday tailored for yourself…

    A holiday tailored for yourself…

    Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    I’d like to point out this days prompt, there are other holidays too, there were people who were pioneers who shaped our city our country this entire world too,

    But even on their birthday or the day they passed away we continue to live our lives without giving any single thought as to who they were and what they achieved in their life which continues to affect us till this day…

    How one celebrates is entirely upto them if one feels that they can live their life fully by shutting themselves in,

    Or by taking a few more hours of sleep,

    Even an extra long bath,

    There are so many little things that affect our lives in the long run that we forget to live them…

    It might be spending time with a loved one or visiting family that lives far just for a single day…

    A holiday that would be spend according to your own needs would be a holiday in actuality, no matter what the mind desires and it’s able to achieve/do that…

    That’d be the holiday where you can follow your own routine that you make for yourself and nothing matters to anyone but you…

    A dream holiday where everyone does what they want at their own pace

    “A holiday catered to your own needs”

    (A new week is upon us and I hope it’s a smooth sail ahead…)

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

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    What are your favorite websites?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Well this question is a curveball, my favourite websites, the answer to this question has changed so much in such a short time that even I cannot fathom the change when I look back at it…

    Earlier when there weren’t any streaming services and we had to watch movies/videos, only thing available was a shabby copy of it online, sometimes a torrent file other times a website whose name isn’t coming to mind right now but those were the good old days;

    Nowadays they’re replaced by Netflix prime Hulu and whatnot, leeching money away from us slowly and steadily…

    These days the media that we consume is replaced by shorts i.e. YouTube and Instagram (YT shorts and reels) being one of the most easily consumed short length media which effectively eats up all the time until you remember to look away from the screen and it’s 2 am in the morning and you have work at 9:30 😭…

    Even I watch some anime there’s a website called Animekai it’s a bit tricky to operate a little slow but when you get a hang of it it feels like the world has brought it to you firsthand…

    For writing this is the app that I prefer WordPress where I can freely write what I feel to my content and call them truly my own,

    I’ve had my series of problems, content deleted without notification, a few apps shutdown so I had to scramble to get all of my stuff copied because they wouldn’t give me an official copy when needed, but still there’s no hatred in mind for no one…

    And this place is what I call my own where I can truly be who and what I like to be…

    For music I use

    YTmusic(YouTube music for short),

    A single subscription for my family allows me to use it and I use it to my full content because I love to listen to music no matter the borders that we are bound in by the people…

    With that being said this post comes to an end,

    I hope your Sunday goes well and the coming week is a bit soft on you…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • 10 Certainties to Shape Your Future

    10 Certainties to Shape Your Future

    Daily writing prompt
    List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    These are the ten things that I believe to be absolutely certain it will happen or will affect our future happenings…

    1. Whatever you’re going through,
      unless you make an effort to get up and move forward,
      try and struggle to better yourself each and every day,
      you’ll be in a place (Not physically but mentally) better…
    2. Your hard work will be paid off,
      if its sincere and that doesn’t involve cutting corners and stepping on someone,
      (Even if you tell others you’re not affected by it,
      a set of eyes see you,
      and see the misery you pushed onto someone to be where you are..)
    3. There will be an end of you,
      end of the time that you’re staying in,
      end of all the lives that are dependent on you,
      end of all who you look up to,
      end of all those who look up to you too,
      ending is already planned well before your arrival,
      so,
      make it worth the while,
      and appreciate it all…
    4. All the things that you feel are real,
      there are times when your subconscious hints you to do something,
      sometimes it tells you not to,
      and more you come into tune with this inner version of you,
      better it will be for you…
    5. There is a need for you to have connections with people,
      it might feel that you are doing this for your benefit,
      or it might feel like they’re doing it for their benefit,
      but,
      when the need occurs,
      take a fall,
      and let them be the cushion that can soften it,
      but that doesn’t mean you can run amok if they’re hurting,
      you have to be there for them too,
      plus,
      you need some of these for testifying for you if something bad happens,
      and give you a clean chit…
    6. Have a few friends,
      you need them…!
      they are absolutely necessary,
      have strict rules and guidelines and push them through,
      and if they still stand with you,
      through thick and thin,
      they’re there for you to stay with you forever,
      (That doesn’t mean it cannot happen to you,
      they’re going to test you too,
      and of you aren’t available for them,
      you will lose them too…)
    7. Be there for your immediate family,
      your father,
      Mother brother and sisters if you have any,
      they are your crux,
      and if you aren’t available for them,
      you definitely won’t have time for anyone,
      because they are the ones who make and break you from the very core…
    8. Have an emergency fund set up,
      at least 6 to 12 months of fund set up separately,
      which you should not use on the regular,
      but during emergencies only,
      (I know this seems impossible for some,
      but it has to start somewhere,
      a few here and there,
      some stuck between the couch,
      it started as a big jar for me (Earthen pot Also called Gullak),
      maybe it can for you too..!
    9. Have something that saves you from this bad world,
      maybe a habit,
      maybe a vice,
      maybe a thing that you do to keep you alive and functioning in this fast-paced world,
      maybe a person,
      your s/o,
      boyfriend/girlfriend,
      a routine,
      maybe spending a few days with them,
      maybe a solo trip,
      or maybe a thing as simple as a beverage that you saw an ad for,
      or a food that you find appealing,
      wait until you can’t anymore and do it,
      or have it;

      Don’t necessarily deny yourself a thing that will help you live another day,
      but don’t jump on the very first moment you have a thought about it…

      Think it through…
    10. All of it might not work for you,
      there are times you have to cut ties,
      even with those who share same blood,
      even those whom you grew up with,
      and spent entire childhood with,
      but,
      when it comes to severing ties,
      remember,
      there is no such thing as losing a vision of self to be there for someone who would show you the gate the very instant,
      they find your worth has been utilized…


    These are my certainties,
    What are yours…?

    Cheers🥂(The fight begins)

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Understanding Human Instincts: A Day of Reflection

    Understanding Human Instincts: A Day of Reflection

    Daily writing prompt
    What notable things happened today?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Well,
    there is nothing notable about today,
    because I’m writing this as fever spikes yet again,
    and,
    my whole body feels like it’s been wringed out like a wet cloth,
    to remove excess water…

    All in,
    I’m spending another day at home,
    feeling extremely tired,
    incapable of moving,
    but,
    here I am writing this at 11:25 am,
    on a hot day of June,
    and its 13th and a Friday…

    The most notable thing that happened today was a conversation,
    with my mom,
    as She sat with me and brought me the morning coffee,
    (For which I’m forever grateful…)

    This wasn’t the usual conversation,
    like how I was feeling,
    or,
    is there something that I needed,
    but,
    we were discussing a scenario…

    “How,
    all of us are hardwired to have the instinct,
    when we are supposed to be fed as a kid,
    (mother’s milk),
    and the science that goes behind it,
    and after that,
    the conversation shifted to Procreation…


    “How it is a natural instinct,”
    even when someone is physically disabled or not mentally sane,
    they still have a wish,
    a yearning to be held,
    touched,
    caressed,
    and their feelings met,
    and to portray them in a way that’s appealing to your s/o,
    or someone you’re seeing…

    And somewhere along the lines the conversation went downhill,
    it shifted to how,
    when those needs aren’t met,
    they’re replaced by violent tendencies,
    where we see,
    woman/girls being 🍇,
    just because they saw someone walking along,
    which seemed an easy target…

    But,
    I interjected,
    that all of the focus and blame has been shifted to the wrong gender ;
    How,
    all of it happens when we tell the female gender to cover themselves up,
    from head to toe,
    and even after that,
    they become victims,
    so
    we are clearly blaming and correcting the wrong gender,
    when a push and an effort is needed to make the change in the mindset of men,
    and when that happens,
    we can start to see a change in the environment that,
    has been corrupted so much.

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    A cup of coffee,
    and discussions beyond,
    beyond the grasp of timid mindsets,
    where a mother makes a change,
    to introduce to the child,
    a concept that’s widespread yet wrongly understood…

    Over the cup of coffee,
    we discussed,
    the faults within,
    a need to reform the mindset,
    and from that,
    we find,
    the original source of fault…

    “Coddling those,
    whose actions were to be punished…”
    but,
    without a clue,
    the entire blame was shifted,
    to her clothes,
    to her advances,
    to her ignoring
    things that happened in the surroundings,
    and when,
    something horrible happened,
    all of its happening,
    the stalking to,
    her rejecting,
    to his taking it on his image,
    to doing the worst thing possible…

    “All of it,
    Becomes her fault…”
  • What Makes a True Friend: The Value of Trust and Honesty

    What Makes a True Friend: The Value of Trust and Honesty

    Daily writing prompt
    What quality do you value most in a friend?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Have you ever made a friend that you’d have to give up later?
    because this is a proof of either a lapse in your judgment of the type of person they are/were,
    or,
    they were easily influenced by things that life gave them for their hard work or sheer luck…

    I’ve had 2 friends,
    the real ones,
    who go back to middle school,
    and the type of friendship we have will sound weird…

    We can meet one day of the week randomly,
    and after that we might give each other calls,
    and meet a month later checking up on each other,
    getting to know about our lives,
    well-being of our families,
    the siblings,
    the work that they are currently in,
    involved in,
    or a general talk of any stresses that we have,
    we try to…

    We do it while grabbing a bite to eat,
    or over some drinks,
    that way we can enjoy the time as we get to eat together,
    all of us coming from middle class families,
    so we do have a common goal to make it big somehow,
    but,
    they’re stopped by the slow-moving money that exists in our surroundings,
    but,
    not until long,
    we are working hard to come up,
    and with each other backing and support,
    we will for sure make it big…

    The type of quality that we value is honesty,
    truthful and being absolutely real

    Even if things go south,
    we know that we can trust each other,
    put in 100% of our faith in each other’s word,
    and can stand wherever we need to,
    just on a single calling,
    we know we can trust each other without worrying,
    the other person,
    because that’s the type of mindset we have…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    A path that we walk,
    knowing the next step that we take,
    is for the betterment,
    betterment of the family that exists,
    with all might as they pull them towards a better life…

    With stresses beyond our scope,
    and to tread a path that isn’t paved,
    but,
    has to be made as we step,
    Step into this fast-paced world…

    Often, we sit together
    when distressed,
    when stresses take a toll on us,
    we seek each other’s company,
    and in it,
    we find peace,
    as we hear,
    each other’s side,
    a laughter here,
    a chuckle there,
    some tears of sadness,
    a supportive shoulder tap,
    glass clinking and forgetting it all,
    after cheering ourselves up…

    “A Happy life”