Tag: stresses

  • What happens when your own desires try to eat you alive?

    You’re sitting there,
    In the comfort of your own room,
    And,
    You find your desires,
    Pushing you…!

    Pushing you in a direction that is opposite of what you wanted to be,
    Telling you to send another message to the person who isn’t good for you,
    Telling you to spend another hour scrolling short videos on the platform that you like,
    Telling you to go on that x rated site and watch more videos just for pleasure,
    Telling you to go out to the club and have a drink with people who are complete strangers and maybe get lucky if things go well;

    That voice warns you not to indulge in such activities and compels you to quit it and pushes you in a right direction;

    But,
    Your overstimulated mind,
    Registers that voice as a noise,
    And cancels it out and pushes you in a direction that is destructive,
    And makes you lose a small piece of yourself every moment you catch yourself after indulging and promise yourself that you won’t,
    And the next morning you break this so called promise you made to yourself;

    Until you find yourself in a pit—
    After breaking countless promises to self,
    You try and look for a way out,
    A source of light,
    But,
    There’s none to be found;

    When you’re surrounded by the choices that made you who you are,
    You look at the way you lived your life,
    Which makes you feel shame,
    sadness and anger at yourself….

    It makes you think how you had the power to change things,
    But,
    You didn’t,
    You just went with the flow and did what people around you did;

    And,
    When you look at them,
    You feel like they aren’t affected by this;

    This rise of consciousness from within,
    And it makes you question,
    Are they conscious or still lying to themselves…?

    A dim voice answers from within,

    Those people are running a facade that isn’t visible to the naked eye,
    But,
    They are dying ever so little,
    Their indulgence is killing them ever so slightly,
    Their dependence on this world and its pleasures with their constant interaction with the factors that shape their life,
    Makes them lose their sense each time they choose something that isn’t right,
    Or,
    When the realisation hits;


    The voice that is just and wants you to be normal dimming with each act that is against your moral will,
    Until it fades away,
    Leaving you alone,

    All alone…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Segregation amongst ourselves…!

    Segregation amongst ourselves…!

    A woman beaten just because she was taking water out of a handpump;

    A person of lower class made to drink his own urine as a form of torture;

    A person not allowed to take water from the tank that was set up by higher class;

    A person,
    just like you and I,
    denied medical treatment just because of their class;

    The same not allowed to travel in an ambulance in emergency,
    or even when taking the lifeless body…!

    The above are just the surface level things,
    and,
    you won’t believe my words if I were to dwell deeper,
    and talk about the injustices amongst women and girl child…

    The type of atrocities they face in backward areas of our own Country——
    India 🇮🇳!

    We talk about being equal,
    Talk about abolishing the rights granted to them by the government,
    But,
    We can’t seem to consider them equal to us,
    and,
    until we can’t——

    We cannot abolish the rights and reservations granted to them by court of law…!

    I know that it starts from us,
    from each one of us,
    to treat them with respect that each and every person deserve;

    No matter their social class,
    no matter where they stand,
    no matter if they come from money or not,
    They are humans and deserve a life just like us…!

    And,
    until we can’t see them as fellow beings,
    just like you and I;

    We must live in a world with reservations,
    Until segregations exist within our minds…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Pseudo—camping and joining back work….!

    Have you ever been camping?

    1/05/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It was a slow day at work yesterday and I had to join back someday and I told myself why not today…!

    So I went back to work and started where I left off and began working on the blanks that I prepared before I took the days off for my sister’s wedding…!

    I was able to hunk off quite a bit of material and I think I will be done with what was left around 1 in the afternoon—

    And I will begin on the second lot today itself and prepare some material for stock as we were running out of it before I went on my leave…!


    A packed day it is and it will be a long one too,

    but,

    I need to draw a line somewhere,

    I need to fulfill the promises I made to myself and set boundaries at work like working for a finite amount of time and we have started to reject emergency orders which bring us under a lot of pressure and even after the order is complete we are given the same amount that we were supposed to get if we were doing it on a normal time like a span of a day or two…!

    It’s a lot of work that we are turning down but that comes after being forced to work like literal machines and not being paid adequately for it…!


    And once that happens we can charge extra for the emergency work that requires same day action on something…!

    It’s not something I see purely from a business pov but;

    I see it from a view that it gives us a sense of accomplishment and we are adequately paid for it too because we are making time from our packed routine to accommodate your emergency…!


    Something that is hard to see if you’re not looking at it from an industrial pov where things go wrong and require maintenance at every single step…!


    Coming back to the prompt

    Camping and my views on it

    Let me be honest;

    I’ve never been on a camping trip per se—

    like,

    We didn’t plan in advance and bought gear and prepared ourselves and took training for setting up tent and any other thing…!

    But—

    I’ve been to enough hill stations and have enjoyed the pseudo-camps that they have set up there…!


    I remember a trip to a place called narkanda which is 60 something kilometres upwards of Shimla and where we booked our homestay…!

    And at that place they were setting up these tents next to the bonfire that they had made out of old metal drums and they were putting in wood that they brought from a shed that was attached to the property…!


    and after paying extra we got in those tents and took the feeling of what it feels like camping…!

    Well,

    pseudo—camping to be honest

    because all of the stuff was provided to us like food in plates and timber was added to the fire by the homestay staff;

    and all we did was sit put in that rent and even blankets were provided to us in that tent and we slept like logs…!


    Let me bring your attention to

    Pseudo—camping

    because that is what we did,

    we didn’t hunt(pretty sure that isn’t allowed here in India)

    we didn’t cut down trees to keep the fire running,

    and we didn’t set up tent as it was already there;

    But,

    we did feel like we did camping…!

    (or maybe in an essence…)


    To camping—

    A pseudo one if you may;

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • An Indian kid’s favourite festival and the aftermath of a wedding programme…!

    An Indian kid’s favourite festival and the aftermath of a wedding programme…!

    What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?

    30/04/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I’m back here after a gap of a few days and successfully completing my sisters wedding programme…

    A few things still remain incomplete and a few payments still remain pending which will be completed in the coming week…!

    We have that sort of liberty with businesses we made purchase from because we buy stuff from them on the regular and we started our conversation with this fact that we are from the bride’s side and we will have expenses…!

    And,

    only after they agreed we picked up stuff from them;


    The time forward will be of a lot of hardwork and we will have to pinch ourselves and save each and every penny(well in our case rupee)

    Because in the coming days ahead there will be people who will be visiting us both from ours and grooms side and we will have to prepare ourselves accordingly;


    And,

    I’m happy for the fact that we were able to manage it on our own,

    well we took help of my cousins and a brother who is not blood related but took the place of someone who’s more than that and arranged it all for us…!


    Other than that,

    all of us will be operating in recovery mode because we moved so much here and there each day;

    All of my joints are making a clicking noise when I move and I can’t seem to do away with the back pain that has been surging from the day before the programme started;

    Maybe because I had to sleep on a foam mattress that we took from a business on rent…!

    All of this will generally fade away on its own,

    but,

    I’ll find a doctor or a physiotherapist if the pain persists longer than a few more days…!


    Coming back to the prompt

    My favourite holiday and why I like it…

    Being an Indian and Panjabi Brahmin on top of that;

    We don’t celebrate Easter or Christmas but we do get involved with the people following Christianity in their celebrations…!

    For me it would be

    Diwali 🪔

    A festival that all of the nation celebrates at the same time and welcomes goddess Lakshmi asking her for prosperity in our home;

    Also lighting diyas 🪔 in our homes;

    Just like the people did in Ayodhya when lord Rama won the war with Lord Ravana…!


    We,

    Well most Indian children like it because we are with our family, eat sweets and we are handed over money in the form of gifts and we can use it however we want when we are adults;

    But,

    when we were kids all of it was taken away from us by our parents…!

    something that still stays with us even after so many years…!


    We are together and we pray to the almighty to bless us and the people around us with life and prosperity and we also ask for forgiveness for our mistakes and shortcomings that we have and also ask for the power to get over them in the coming year…!

    We also ask the almighty—

    For a better life to those who have left for the holy abode and maybe reincarnation into another life…!


    A festival that reminds us of the people who we were with last year and their presence is missed if they aren’t with us anymore…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Things people with p•rn addiction don’t talk about…!

    Things people with p•rn addiction don’t talk about…!

    They don’t talk about the addiction—
    how it kills them,
    their will to live too…!

    They don’t talk about waking up at 3 in the morning,
    when everyone around them is asleep,
    —-

    They wake up contemplating in their mind the niche they plan on exploring,
    searching links that they saved,
    maybe a suggestive reel online,
    or somewhat of a revealing one that’s pushes them over the edge…!

    ——

    They find themselves submitting to theses urges and complying each time to whatever the mind wants them to do,
    Not thinking it will be the one who will be the one spilling all the hate later…!

    ——

    They find themselves on their beds,
    or on the can,
    or in the shower,
    trying not to think about committing the act,
    but they often loose the battle;

    And when that happens,
    it brings them immense shame,
    Which comes bundled with hatred,
    a lack of empathy for self
    And a loss of respect for not being able to even think in a positive sense,
    much less sparking a change…!

    ——

    Before committing the act,
    it’s like they are neutral in a sense,
    Until they feel the urge to do the deed,
    it’s due to one of these readily available media that comes at their disposal,
    maybe Instagram reels or TikToks that are suggestive,
    and those clips make them think about the person behind their screen in a certain way,
    which is far from normal…!

    The corrupted thought to violate them and those ideas are sent to them on a platter by their mind…!

    Later,
    They feel a certain way about them,
    bundled with disgust,
    and hatred towards the person who they saw on the screen or imagined in their mind…

    Blocking them,
    or telling the ai,
    not to recommend them,
    and,
    If one of them slips though the cracks,
    the same cycle repeats itself…!

    ———

    Sometimes,
    they wake up at three,
    contemplating a thought——

    Knowing they will have guests over later,
    and won’t get any time free from
    them;

    So,
    their mind improvises on its own,
    it tells them to get up——

    Get up at an odd hour,
    and look at them without letting anyone know about it,
    And after being in a confined place like-
    their room,
    Their brain tells them to get off because it will be impossible later…!

    And that’s how they spend their early morning,
    finding the right clip,
    and,
    imagining themselves in the place of the person in the clip and make their mind feel the same,
    and once the act is over,
    they cry,
    cry at their sad miserable selves,
    knowing they are neck deep into this problem that shaves at their consciousness…!

    They try to talk to their G0d,
    asking for help as to get away with this way of thinking,

    asking for forgiveness as soon as they are done watching it,

    asking for a blessing that might come and save them from this problem that takes their will to survive away;

    But,
    nothing of sorts happens;
    and,
    The utter amount of shame kills them.
    And,
    when they try to open up to the people they trust——
    They are made fun of,
    and,
    they never speak about it ever again…!

    Well,
    they’re made fun of about it because that sort of things breeds within that group,
    maybe all of them are going through it,
    maybe,
    all of them are in the same boat fighting the same reality

    and for them,
    joking about it,
    or making fun of someone who is in the same boat is the way to get out of the problem…!

    A problem,
    That breeds like an infestation,
    overtakes their complete will,
    and leaves them hanging like a dead man…!

    A fight,
    they keep on losing and re-fighting,
    until—
    they erode the version they were and this person who is no longer a real one in their own vision,
    Who tries to slither and make their way,
    often failing more,
    and fighting even more,
    each day…!

    Fin

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Two encounters that brought my hopes up…!

    Two encounters that brought my hopes up…!

    Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.

    18/04/2026@Waakiye

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It was a tough day at work yesterday,

    As I had to stand on my feet all day and compete a job that required my regular interference as we are running against time here…!

    it will be another couple of days like this and I’ll have to spend them on my feet, which will for sure hurt a bit this evening…!


    Other than that,

    All of the preparations are done just the essentials that are to be bought next week are left…!

    Some of which can be bought on spot and I’ll confirm the rest this evening to a mithai shop in Pahar Ganj soon..!

    only thing that will be left is paying the rest and picking up the boxes on the day of the function..!

    (This is somewhere we see money is everything, you pay an advance and they will happily make anything/everything you want…!)


    Coming back to the prompt

    A random encounter that stuck positively…!

    It was a cold winter’s night as I was returning to home from work…!

    I had to take a detour and drive through todapur/inderpuri area,

    The road that follows Pusa(IARI Indian agricultural research institute)

    Also called dev Prakash Shashtri marg…!

    I was travelling there on my scooty and it’s drive belt snapped in half mid drive;

    Coincidentally no one was home and I was all alone,

    as I pushed it for a good 10 minutes and looked for a mechanic but u couldn’t find anyone…!

    So a Stranger,

    A person sent from almighty came and asked me about what happened…!

    On telling him about the belt,

    he agreed to push me to the nearest mechanic;

    which was a good four, maybe five kilometres away…!

    So he put his feet on my scooter’s silencer and pushed me to the nearest mechanic,

    before I could get off near the mechanic and thank him,

    he drove off and raised his hand not above his soulder level and his palm facing inwards and he drove off away from me…!

    it was one of those instances where I wanted to thank, but I couldn’t but I really did from my heart and wished his well being…!


    Another one would be a complete stranger,

    Asking me about my well being,

    while I was sitting waiting for the last train back from Shaheed Sthal station after securing some payment from a client and maybe it was showing on my face but as soon as I opened my camera app it looked like I was on the verge of dying…!

    So he asked about me,

    Where was I from and such things,

    and if I was well…!


    On giving limited answers and not revealing much about myself,

    he sat next to me and I opened up to him,

    it was a few months after a death happened in our family and that old person told me the genetic answers,

    It’s the truth,

    and we have to accept it,

    and many other things…!

    One of the last things he told me was that the person who I liked/loved who’s no more; They won’t be happy if i kept myself in this condition any longer…!

    Those words hit hard and even if they’re no more,

    and I was living without a purpose;

    I found these strangers words like a ointment to my wounds…

    And he too walked away climbing the stairs and by that time my train came too and I boarded it and reached home…!


    Sometimes a stranger’s words do more better than anyone who is near and dear to us…!

    G0d save all those who get out of the way to check up on the people who feel like they’re carrying dread in their eyes…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A bond that still exists after the person is long gone…!

    A bond that still exists after the person is long gone…!

    Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    A slow morning and I skipped my morning routine today,

    I woke up thirsty at 5 in the morning and didn’t have any energy to wake up,

    so I stayed in my bed for half hour dying of thirst…!


    I got up eventually at 5:40 brushed my teeth and drank a whole jug of water and fell asleep again…!

    I woke up yet again at 7:45 with my maid and after a span of 15 minutes I was woken up yet again,

    because a person came in for the blood test of my sister…!

    I sat on my bed and waited as they took blood sample and other samples,

    And,

    A QR code was brought my way,

    and after scanning my Face ID the payment went through…!


    I was told that I can go back to sleep again…!

    like that was possible now…!?

    😢


    So I scrolled some and decided to read some pages of the book that I had on my side table…!

    A person whom I found randomly on Ig and ordered a book from them,

    their first book and I’ve loved it…

    And,

    as soon as I’m done with it,

    I’ll leave a review…!


    Coming back to the prompt

    A decision made in the past that helped me grow

    There are a lot to things that happened in the past that shaped me into who I am today..!

    There are friendships that I started that I have regret and they on their own fell off…!

    There are relationships that I started and those broke up because I wasn’t in the right space to accept a person in my life at that time,
    making it one of those things that have a significant impact on how I perceive love and affection today…!

    Because even to this day, when someone tries to come near me, my normal reaction is something of a defensive standpoint…!

    and I often tell people I don’t feel like I was made to be in love or in general liked;

    But being of help that is what I was made for….

    and I hope I did that well..!


    I had to cut off people who were spreading misinformation which came with tags that are associated with me or my name(They still are…)

    But,

    I don’t care and people already come with pre-formatted idea and their ideas break once they talk to me or get to know me more…!


    A big decision I made in life is choosing to sacrifice my regular college life,

    I spent those years learning basic things about my business and now it’s something that runs on my shoulders…!

    And spending those years interacting with people and building my profile,

    I got to spend what limited time I had with my father working with him and learning the skills..!

    and until his end I was there with him and it made our bond deeper and brought more peace and joy in his life that his next generation likes to work with their hand and embraces the legacy that he built…!


    A decision I made back then in hope that it made his life better and he was able to leave this world in peace and a sense of happiness…!

    Miss you dad forever ♾️


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A timid and quiet person giving birth to Waakiye

    A timid and quiet person giving birth to Waakiye

    Describe something you learned in high school.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    I know it’s late,

    I’m making this post at five in the evening as I’m travelling back from distributing cards which we started from the day before today…!


    We wanted to be done with it in the first week of April,

    but,

    The paternal aunt of mine who passed away on 1st April,

    her terahvi(mourning ceremony) happened on 12th of April and we started to distribute them today as we got the delivery of bhaji yesterday evening I.e. 13th of April…!


    We are already running against the time here,

    but,

    We also plan on sending a video message on WhatsApp to those who we cannot reach…!

    Their bhaji will be waiting at home let’s not forget that…!


    I hope we can get them delivered by tomorrow evening,

    because there aren’t many to begin with,

    and if I can make haste we can do it…!

    (Fingers crossed 🤞 )


    Coming back to the prompt

    Something I learnt in high school

    My high school life was a lot from the observant’s point of view as I looked at people and their behaviour and got a gist of how they used to work and think;

    Thinking about things and people( well at that time my classmates);


    It wasn’t just education that I learnt in my high school;

    Within those 4 years,

    from class 9 to class 12–

    I leant more about people and the way they perceive the world and how they detach themselves from it…!


    Basically high school is a huge platter and in it we get a whole lot of people and their different upbringing standards gives us to be a witness to it all…!


    This observant nature boosted by a need to get answers out of everything;

    The outcome of it being a person who loves to talk about things and explore ideas that otherwise might be considered good, bad or taboo in worst case…!


    But being able to speak my mind on things that I like or even bring awareness to people around me is something that I have developed to love…!


    And I hope I do carry that trait with me for the rest of my life…!


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Bringer of Happiness and The remaining two weeks…!

    Bringer of Happiness and The remaining two weeks…!

    What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

    12/04/2026 @Waakiye

    Hey..

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    After straying away from my routine after I picked up a suitcase wrong,

    I was in my bed trying not to move,

    because each movement caused more pain;

    After two sessions of physiotherapy and another one on Monday,

    I think I’ll be well…!


    I’ve killed a few more tasks,

    and we will get the bhaji on Monday and the distribution will start on the same day…!

    Other than that,

    shopping is done,

    A few things might be left,

    And,

    that will also be completed as soon as we get boxes and I will tell my mom and sister to give them to those who live nearby…!


    A packed week we have ahead;

    I have to go to work today and finish a few tasks alone,

    As my uncle and brother are going to the bhog of my paternal aunt who passed away on April 1st;


    Coming back to the prompt

    Five Things that bring me happiness..!

    There are few instances of happiness in my life,

    but,

    I work hard on making it worth living,

    1. First would be my family’s and my well being; they are my priority and anything/everything that I do is ultimately to their benefit, No matter the path I choose I see that it benefits them in the long run…!
    2. My friends take a special place in my heart and whenever we get a chance to get together, we make it absolutely fun and something that we talk about every time we meet…! The last thing we did together was ice skating and that was fun and we got hurt; All three of us at the same time…!
    3. A loved one; I wouldn’t say anything else but the fact that their presence makes us feel like we are special and I hope they feel the same way too about it…!
    4. Morning walks and being one with nature is something that makes me feel happy and that feeling is elevated when I am visiting a place like a park or a place that is filled with trees and plants that makes me feel happy…!
    5. The last or the first thing that makes me feel happy(the way you look at this list)and this life worthy of continuing is writing; Because of it I have been able to meet wonderful people and I’ve got a chance to work with some who I couldn’t even think of working with even from this country and beyond this one…!

    Some things that bring me happiness and joy…!


    Have forgotten to mention travelling and the love paper brings me isn’t that same for the all of us,

    we forget to mention things that make us who we are and define our hustle isn’t it…?


    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye

  • “You Owe Me One”

    “You Owe Me One”

    (PART 3)


    Trigger Warning: This piece contains graphic violence, murder, references to child abuse, and disturbing themes including body disposal and psychological trauma.


    The smell hit before the place did.

    Then the sound.

    Pigs Everywhere,
    as far as these Eyes could look;



    We stopped near a dimly lit office.

    “Stay in the car,”
    I told him.

    He didn’t argue,
    or utter even a single world…!



    He was waiting outside.
    Mr. D.



    I walked up to him.

    Didn’t say much.

    Didn’t need to.

    A look was enough,
    A gesture was enough to jog his memory and made him realise our connection…!



    His eyes shifted toward the car.

    Toward Ravi.

    Then back to me.

    For a moment—

    he smiled.



    A slow nod.

    Accepting the deal.



    “Remember this,” he said quietly,
    “you came to me in need of help…”

    “And someday…
    I’ll come to you.”



    Fair.

    That’s how it always works,
    isn’t it…?



    They took the bag.

    No questions.

    No hesitation.

    Just another night for them.



    I handed him the knife.

    “I owe you one.”
    I said;


    He laughed.

    Not loud.

    But enough.



    As I walked back—

    I could feel it.

    Ravi’s eyes.

    Burning into me.



    Not fear.

    Not yet.

    Something else.



    A realisation…



    [END PART 3]