Name: Day 15 | Overcoming the Mid-Ramadan Slump | Ramadan Strong
Uploaded: 2019-05-20T09:30:16.000Z
Channel: Dr. Julio Rivera
Description: Here are three practical steps to keep up with your goals while overcoming fatigue and FOMO.

Here are three practical steps to keep up with your goals while overcoming fatigue and FOMO.

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Rituals and deeds performed to demonstrate submission and devotion to God, such as prayer and fasting. These acts purify the soul and strengthen the believer's connection with their Creator.

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Ramadan Strong: Series Introduction

Day 1: Not Just Another Ramadan | Ramadan Strong

Day 3: Mindful Fasting to Feed Your Soul | Ramadan Strong

Day 4: So That You Attain God-Consciousness | Ramadan Strong

Day 5: Be Present | Ramadan Strong

Day 6: Being Excused from Fasting is a Gift From God | Ramadan Strong

Day 7: The Importance of Documenting Progress | Ramadan Strong

Day 8: Talking to Allah | Ramadan Strong

Day 9: Desire, Dedication, Discipline | Ramadan Strong

Day 10: Your Qur'an Goals | Ramadan Strong

Day 11: "...but I've already fallen behind in my Ramadan goals" | Ramadan Strong

Day 13 | The Need for Consistency and Balance | Ramadan Strong

Day 14 | Praise be to Allah | Ramadan Strong

Day 15 | Overcoming the Mid-Ramadan Slump | Ramadan Strong

Day 16: Detox by Day and Indulge By Night | Ramadan Strong

Day 17: Ramadans of Yore | Ramadan Strong

Day 18: When Ramadan Breaks | Ramadan Strong

Day 19: The Man Who Thought He Thanked God Enough | Ramadan Strong

Day 20: The Extra Good Deed | Ramadan Strong

Day 21: Ten Days Ahead, Another Chance? | Ramadan Strong

Day 22: Charity in the Last 10 Nights | Ramadan Strong

Day 23: Maximizing the Last Ten Days | Ramadan Strong

Day 24: When the Night Draws its Curtain —The Importance of Tahajjud | Ramadan Strong

Day 25: The Value of Seclusion - Ihtikaf | Ramadan Strong

Day 26: A Date with Destiny | Ramadan Strong

Day 27: Meeting the Best Version of Ourselves | Ramadan Strong

Day 28: Practicing Istiqama for the Long Haul | Ramadan Strong

Day 29: Beware of Ramadanitis | Ramadan Strong

Day 30: Farewell, Ramadan | Ramadan Strong

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 As-Salaamu Alaikum everyone, my name is Fulio and today I want to talk about three practical  steps you can take to minimize the slump of the mid-month during Ramadan. I want to start  with a scenario here. Imagine you enter the month of Ramadan with one goal in mind, to  pray tawda at the masjid every night. First 10 nights, you're crushing it. The vibe is  nice at the masjid, all of your friends are there, the energy is good, you're excited,  and you tell yourself, I got this, I can do this. The next 10 days come around, and then  what happens? Less and less people show up for the masjid. So what do you do? And what  happens next? From my personal experience, what usually happens around these times are  two things. Number one, all of a sudden I start to feel tired. And number two, now that  I don't see all those people that I got used to praying next to, the friends that I would  go to, all of a sudden I start feeling FOMO, or fear of missing out. So what can you do  to address these things? Starting with the first one, feeling tired. I want to make it  very clear that during Ramadan, feeling tired is perfectly normal. You're staying up late,  you're waking up early, you're not eating, you're not drinking water, your routine is  kind of in flux, so it's perfectly natural to feel tired at this time. However, what  you don't want to happen is for your tiredness to get in the way of you actually accomplishing  your goals that you set for the month. So what can you do? The first thing you can do  is take a nap. The Prophet ﷺ used to encourage the companions to take a nap around midday.  For those of you who are at work, try using your lunch break to take a nap. And if you  can't do that, maybe talk to your employer about setting up some sort of flex hour schedule  such that maybe you can come in a little early, work through lunch, leave early, and take  advantage of a quick nap when you get home. The second thing you can do is eat suhoor.  I know a lot of people who try to catch up on sleep by skipping suhoor entirely. From  my perspective, not only is that not really enough time to make up for the sleep that  you actually need, but you're also doing yourself a disservice by limiting the amount of fuel  that you need to carry yourself throughout the day. The Prophet ﷺ also used to encourage  people to eat the suhoor. He had a, there's a hadith, a narration of the Prophet ﷺ where  he says, eat the suhoor, for verily, Allah blesses those who partake in the suhoor. So  not only will you have the energy to fuel yourself through the day, but Allah will put  added barakah in your day to hopefully give you the energy that you need to sustain yourself.  So the other thing I mentioned that sometimes happens during the month of Ramadan that's  difficult to fight off is that sense of fomo or fear of missing out. This usually happens  when you see your friends or other people in the community start posting all these awesome  pictures on Facebook, social media, WhatsApp groups of them having great iftars with people,  having these big community hangouts, and you, while you're trying to stay consistent, praying  tarawih, the thought comes into your mind as to whether or not it's actually worth keeping  up with tarawih instead of going to attend some of these events. The recommendation I  have for you is to not think about it as an either or, but view it as a potential opportunity  to add something else to your Ramadan routine. So for instance, one thing you can do to actually  benefit from this time period, knowing that people are out wanting to spend time at iftars,  is to host an iftar yourself. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, whoever  feeds a fasting person will receive the reward of that fasting person without diminishing  the reward of that person. So imagine that on top of your qiyam al-layl, your tarawih,  your reading Quran, you're also receiving the added reward of feeding a bunch of people.  But what if you can't actually host your own iftar? The next best thing is to just attend  one and bring something with you. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that Allah  will reward you for feeding a person who is fasting, even if you give them a sip of milk,  a date, or a sip of water. So take advantage of all of the iftars that are happening, go  to one, bring something with you, even if it's just water, and Allah will reward you.  So in sum, two things we need to think about, how to fight off fatigue and how to fight  off FOMO. The first part, make sure you're factoring in a nap into your schedule, make  sure you're getting up to have suhoor. To fight off FOMO, consider throwing your own  iftar, or if you can't throw one, attend one and bring something small with you. We ask  Allah to accept from us our fast, to accept from us our qiyam, to accept our reading and  listening to the Quran. We ask Allah to accept from us the iftars that we plan to throw,  the intentions that we're making for the mon…

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