waseem khan
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The Spark That Lit the Cold Morning
The Spark That Lit the Cold Morning It was the kind of morning that bites into your bones. January in Delhi, when fog settles like an old memory and even the birds seem to shiver. I had just stepped out of my apartment with a lukewarm coffee and a colder heart.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Motivation
"How to Go Viral on Vocal: What I Learned from My First 10,000 Views"
"How to Go Viral on Vocal: What I Learned from My First 10,000 Views" I didn’t think anyone would read it. My first story on Vocal was raw. A little too honest. I wrote it at 2 AM in my kitchen, after crying over a cup of cold coffee. It was about the day my father walked out and how I learned to build a life without apologies. I almost didn’t publish it.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Motivation
The First $100 That Changed My Life
Part I: From Pennies to Panic I still remember checking my bank account on a rainy Wednesday morning. $1.37. That was it. No savings. No backup. No family to call for help. Just the hum of my old laptop and the sound of raindrops mocking me through a cracked window.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Motivation
The 47-Second Video That Changed Everything
Part I: The Scroll That Sparked It All It started, like most things these days, with a scroll. I was sitting in the breakroom of my part-time job—half-eating my sandwich, half-scrolling through TikTok—when a 9-second video stopped me cold. No filters. No flashy edits. Just a girl in a hoodie staring at the camera, saying:
By waseem khan6 months ago in Motivation
The Keyboard Is Mightier
Part I: The Kid Behind the Screen Max was fifteen when he hacked his first school database. It wasn’t out of malice—just curiosity. He wanted to see if he could. When the login screen gave way to rows of student records and confidential teacher notes, his heart thundered like a war drum. He didn’t change anything. He just stared.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Fiction
The Earth Remembers Everything
The Earth Remembers Everything It remembers the weight of the first footstep, pressed softly into loam long before cities had names. It remembers fire, and the first laughter. It remembers when we sang to trees instead of cutting them down.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Humans
How Crypto Changed More Than My Wallet
How Crypto Changed More Than My Wallet I never intended to become a cryptocurrency believer. If you asked me five years ago what I thought about “crypto,” I would have shrugged and said, “Sounds like internet money for geeks.”
By waseem khan6 months ago in Humans
The Bitcoin That Changed My Life
The Bitcoin That Changed My Life I. In 2013, I laughed at Bitcoin. I was 24, broke, and living in a tiny apartment with two roommates and a fridge that made a sound like it was dying slowly every night. Someone at a party told me about this “digital coin” that was going to “change the world,” and I remember snorting into my drink.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Humans
“The Science of Small Things”
“The Science of Small Things” When I was seven, I thought science was magic. Not metaphorically. I believed scientists were a special breed of sorcerers who had just learned how to speak the language of the earth better than anyone else.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Journal
The Mirror My Mother Left Me
The Mirror My Mother Left Me I didn’t want the mirror. When my mother died, we boxed up her things with the efficiency of people trying not to feel too much. Grief makes organizers of us all. We labeled, divided, gave away. Old sweaters with her scent still folded into the arms. Recipe cards with ink smudged by flour and time. And then—there was the mirror.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Poets
