Tag: travel

  • 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 🤍

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    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 🤍

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    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 🤍

  • 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 🤍

  • Navigating Risks: Security vs. Adventure Mindset

    Navigating Risks: Security vs. Adventure Mindset

    Daily writing prompt
    Are you seeking security or adventure?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Today’s prompt is a good one,
    and it categorizes the life and its teaching into two main points,
    how you grew up,
    what sort of beliefs you have,
    what sort of beliefs were you provided and,
    what sort of beliefs you accepted and adapted yourself with them…

    For me,
    I seek security with a touch of adventure…

    I’d go for a new dish at a restaurant,
    every once in a while,
    and order the usual on the regular days,
    and if I don’t like it,
    I won’t send it back,
    but,
    save it as an adventure that went the other way…

    When we go out,
    and there is a new experience to achieve,
    I’ll think about it for a while,
    and if it’s not as safe as it looks,
    I won’t do it,
    but,
    at the same time,
    the adventurous me looks at the scared me,
    and speaks nothing when my mind warns me about the safety issue…

    The same happens in the workplace,
    if there is something a pitch or an idea that involves some amount of risk factors,
    but the outcome of it shall place me at a higher level than those around me,
    I’d happily opt in and research it through and through,
    and bring it up in meetings or in private too,
    but,
    with a lot of calculations,
    I’d consider it,
    if it was worthy of taking the risk or not…

    Generally,
    it happens that all of us take a mix of it,
    a sense of security comes in when there is too much to lose,
    and a sense of adventure comes in when we don’t have much care,
    but,
    consequences of it still are there on one’s mind,
    making it worthy of taking the risk…

    That’s it for the day,
    enjoy the last day of your day off today,
    spend some time being productive and preparing for the days that are yet to come…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • From Chaos to Joy: My Incredible Vacation Experience

    From Chaos to Joy: My Incredible Vacation Experience

    Daily writing prompt
    Describe your most memorable vacation.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    One of the most memorable vacations that I ever went to spanned across two weeks…

    The struggles…

    It was a plan that was being put on hold for two years,
    and eventually,
    we (my friend, one of his friends and myself),
    got fed up with things not matching,
    someday it was just dates not aligning,
    vacation days for some,
    for some it was a family emergency,
    others were just struggling to make time from their schedule…

    Impulsive acts…

    So,
    the week before Christmas,
    we decided to just go along,
    and started to make payments in advance,
    to the travel guide,
    to the homestay,
    and a few days when all others bailed on us,
    I took my cousin with me,
    and my sister to the trip,
    so in total I booked the ticket for the 4 of us to reach the nearest state through train,
    from where the route was halved,
    and my cousin brother picked us from a railway station in Haryana,
    along with the taxi driver in his hatchback…

    Our arrival at our destination..

    The trip was complicated and messy,
    around six hours later we reached,
    but,
    we were a total mess,
    all of us throwing up,
    as we weren’t accustomed to the change in the atmosphere and the environment,
    as we climbed what seemed like an infinite flight of stairs,
    praying to the Almighty,
    holding our stomachs in pain,
    we finally found ourselves a place to sit outside,
    and wait till they cleaned the homestay…

    On seeing the place where we were supposed to sit and rest it brought tears to our eyes,
    as we picked out spots in the room,
    and opened our bags and went to shower and later eat something to replenish our lost energy after throwing up,
    and after eating out fill,
    we went out for a stroll,
    watching the sunset,
    snacking on our way back,
    and grabbing a few bottles to drink as we came back to our homestay,
    and we lit a bonfire and took our solo cups and smashed 1.5 bottles within us 4 (one sober guy)..

    Things We did for fun..

    We went to sightseeing,
    climbed a hill,
    did adventure sports like ziplining,
    ice-skating (during which I took so many falls and ended up with bruises),
    playing in ice (My first time seeing real ice),
    visited a temple,
    and returned back to the homestay in the evening,
    the running waterfall was the best thing to ever see,
    as we took a bath and came back shivering…

    Last day…

    The day of our return was the saddest,
    as the night before we emptied all our bottles and got piss drunk and all of us fell dead asleep,
    on waking I saw my first snowfall,
    a very real event that I haven’t seen before,
    bringing me to tears,
    as we were packing to leave,
    we took some of the stuff that was popular in the area as a parting away gift,
    and a bundle of memories to remember them by…

    One of the most memorable of my vacations,
    that I ever took,
    flashbacks till this day…

    Cheers (to good times) 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍