Tag: time-waste

A deep sleep and an eye catching play…

What was the last thing you did for play or fun?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

The weekend is upon us and I hope 🤞 you’re free from all the stresses until Sunday afternoon because that’s when reality hits for the most of us…😔😭

The last thing I did for fun was wake up full rested a few years back when I was travelling with my family, I was actually so tired because during the whole trip I was the only one who was awake idk why am I like this but everyone was asleep but as soon as I reached a place known to me I hit the bed around 8pm at night and woke up at 10 am the next day…😳

It was 14 hours of me just sleeping that’s it, there was nothing that woke me up and no one that disturbed me and after I woke up I remember drinking a pitcher full of water;

A whole 2 liter in a single sitting, it felt like I was in the desert for the past hours and my throat was dry and I was hungry so I just drank my fill and woke up well rested…

ONLY THAT DAY AND NEVER AGAIN…

It was a day and a half of travel and I was awake through the night too…

I remember my family telling me that my eyes were bloodshot like there was literal blood running in them, I had indents of my wired earphone on my face and my phone was at 2 percent…

I wish to get that sleep once again…

Well that was a funny back story isn’t it…?

BUT FOR FUN;

I usually watch plays,

The last one was Khichik,

Where I saw a couple and their parting after finding out that they were involved with other after falling in love with each other and them meeting yet again and completing their final years with each other until the main characters passed away one after another…

A beautiful play written by Shiv Subramanyam called snapshots from an album from the book Irani cafe and other plays..

It was the first time I saw Girija Oak Godbole and Ghanshyam lalsa on screen and it was one of the best performances I’ve witnessed;

The director Divya Jagdale did a great job by making the cast work in such a fluid manner that it was breathtaking;

And a proof that I did, I’m attaching the photo of the performance I witnessed…

(Haha to prove my point…)

Happy weekend to those who are celebrating and remember to drink plenty of water of you plan to binge drink or anything and remember buying recovery shots if you step out fill your groceries…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

In the picture Our national crush Girija Oak Godbole on the right and Ghanshyam Lalsa on the left(a few minutes before the play ends)

A keepsake I bought after the play ended the actual book that the play was taken from…!

20/12/2025
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 🤍

19/12/2025
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 🤍

18/12/2025
A dream postponed to 2027..

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Have you ever thought about not being alive to see yourself the next year…?

I know it’s a dangerous situation but a lot was going wrong then a bad relationship, not having a sense of direction, spending most of my time tirelessly working and not enjoying it at all, I was stuck in a constant loop of working and working my butt off until I was tired enough to gobble food and drop dead asleep…

A bad time it was,

I also prepared for myself a dream which came to a halt somewhere in the middle of this year because my sister found the right match for herself and we have planned to get her married next year…

So all of my dreams and aspirations that I had for this year, they’ve taken a back seat and other ones have taken their place as priority,

Which will take more time a good half of the year 2026 I assume,

But after that, I’m free to dream and perform according to my aspirations,

(This might be a far-fetched idea because there are a lot of expenses that come after the wedding too, we have to go there they will come here, and many others will stay here for a few days and some will plan to go there too,

A few more rituals and plans will follow…)

Maybe I will be free next year the same time to plan my year 2027…

Haha 😂

Well life it is and in it we shall flow,right…?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

17/12/2025
Overcoming Doomscrolling: Finding Purpose in Your Day

Daily writing prompt
How do you waste the most time every day?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

I hope this is a safe place,
but most of my time is wasted doomscrolling,
without even a single thought,
it just feels like there isn’t a purpose,
there is not a single purpose behind life itself…

It just feels like that I try to snatch time,
within all of the limited time that I have left,
within these 24 hours in this day…

Just this day,
I woke up at 4 a bad dream perhaps,
and mindlessly scrolled for around an hour,
scrolling reels,
some of those give me some happiness,
some of them make me sad,
but,
they bring me up,
and throw me down,
to keep me in this vicious cycle,
Of being constantly hooked,
looking at them,
one after another,
until my phone runs out of battery,
Or I drain myself enough…!

The constant need,
of having something playing,
in this ear,
or,
having something to see,
that bombards with some valuable information,
or useless,
that won’t help me ever,
but,
the need,
the unreal need of having something playing,
maybe a comedy skit,
maybe some informative video,
to pass the time,
or just something that fills the emptiness in the room,
making it some noise,
or some tunes playing in the background,
that deter me from thinking anything/everything,
at a certain point of time…

A never-ending rant,
that exists within this mind,
to leave it and pick it up,
making me forget crucial memories,
because I can’t seem to remember them anymore,
like moments in my childhood,
some of them are non-existent,
some of them are blemishing,
some of them are still there but fading,
and some of them come back
after remembering hard enough,
but,
none that is remembered off the top my head…

You’re grateful if you do,
and if you don’t,
in the same boat we all are…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

Another scroll,
another relatable thing,
Even though none of them are,
it just passes my time…

As I stared at the clock,
it stuck 5:30,
it had already been too much,
an hour and thirty minutes,
scrolling…

But,
it’s because there’s a need to replace,
replace all things,
Everything that surrounds,
and this one is the cheapest,
because the price is paid,
not in the form that is visible at present…

A price that is paid,
paid with those forgotten memories,
by replacing those happy and sad times,
with what brings these short bursts of happiness,
becoming an addict to them,
waiting for free time,
or snatching it from regular schedule,
a moment here,
sitting on the can,
or going out for a smoke break,
or going out to eat because you forgot to pack yours,
because of waking up late…

Maybe,
maybe it isn’t so bad after all,
but,
the memories that I forget,
or I’m trying to,
maybe,
just maybe,
it will help,
in eroding the bad ones,
Unaware,
the good ones entangled together are going away with them…

“An Echo Without a Voice“

22/06/2025