We're a whole week in already and as usual I have no idea how it managed to fly by so fast!
I set myself some goals at the start of Ramadhan... and I guess it's time to see how well I have or haven't done.
Read my qur'an..
Honestly, I've been a bit pants at this... the positives here are the fact that I have been reading my qur'an and I'm about level with the masjid. BUT I feel like I've been travelling in fits and starts and I was way ahead by this time last year.... I will definately have to pull my sock up and put some more dedicated effort in if I'm going to feel like I've achieved a personal best on this one.
If I was feeling flakey I could cite the usual... not enough time... too many chores getting in the way bumph, but the truth is, I can get it done if I want to.... there are three adult females in my house taking almost equal shares in the workload... so excuses just won't cut it.... there needs to be an improvement
Pray On Time...
Apart from a couple of times this week where I let myself slip, this has been one of the easier goals to keep... I mean I have an excellent reminder... we live at the back of the local masjid and the muaddhin is LOUD mashallah... so when he calls... I know it's time to just put everything aside and get on with praying... The things I'd like to do better with is my level of Khushoo ... but more of that later inshallah
Pray Sunnah Salawat...
Big fail for me... unless of course you count the Taraweh I'm praying in the masjid... But I definately wanted to be more on the ball with praying more nawafil during the day.... again this is an area I'm going to have to make more effort in in the coming week inshallah....
Be More Mindful Of How I Spend My Time...
Mashallah this year we seem to have fallen pretty easily into a "ramadhan routine" and we really notice on the days when we let slip and don't keep track of how we're managing our time. I certainly need to be more purposeful in engaging in more varied acts of Ibadah for sure... but there's certainly been a whole lot less time wasting round here mashallah
Blog Ramadhan....
Erm, okay... the fact that this is the first time I've been back here since the start of ramadhan kinds of says JUST how this one is going... but in my favour... I've been too busy DOING ramadhan to have the time to write about it too... hoping though that now that we're in full throttle and actually feel confident about how our day looks that there will be time for blogging too
Learn Some Qur'an...
I've set myself the goal of memorising Surat-al-Mulk... I haven't started yet... but the goal is there.
I find memorising Qur'an HARD... this will be a struggle plain and simple.
Likewise....
Memorising Dua...
I have yet to even come anywhere near starting this one.. so later inshallah I'm going to write a couple down and make myself get on with them.... I have lazyitis when it comes to things like this so if I don't give myself an almighty shove it just wont be on the ticked off list at all....
Be More Active In Making Dua...
I don't know why, but Ramadhan this year seems to be a real slow burner for me.... and I seem to be lagging behind in all the important areas.... Again, I need to put in some more time on this one.. I need to make sure I stay put after salat... make my dhikr, make my dua... BEFORE getting up to move onto other less important things.
Eat Moderately...
Apart from one dismal day when I let my abject greed get the better of me I've done really well on this one... I am... believe it or not... employing more self control than I knew I had and I'm not only feeling well... I'm keeping to my weight-loss goals and I'm feeling light enough to go for taraweh with some spring in my step.
Be T.V Free...
An easy one... given that there's no time...
All I've watched is news....and this one is going great... can't see myself having problems with this goal through the rest of ramadhan inshallah... but you never know!
The week ahead need to look a bit better.... I want the changes I make this month to be permanent changes' Ramadhan for me is a springboard to better habits and although I'm struggling a little right now I know the hard work will pay off inshallah.
Of course the earthquake we had this morning at fajr has helped to focus the mind somewhat... I've felt a couple of tremors since we came here but nothing that has made our house shake as violently as it did this morning.... subhanallah....
Khair inshallah.... we put our trust in Allah subhana wa ta'ala and ask him to forgive our sins and keeps us firm in our belief and to bless us with the strength to cope with every test and burden, ameen.
And now.... after fending off a million and one questions from the 3 and 13 yr olds who are keeping me company at home while the rest of the tribe are at the masjid while I wrote this...I need to go and clean up the puddle of juice the 3 year old just spilled on my new sofa covers.... and then hunker down with my mushaf and get some all important reading done inshallah...
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I agree with you on how the Ramadan routine really helps to with certain things - like no TV. I always find that the first week is a sort of experiment, a try-out for the rest of Ramadan. It's always so hard to accurately predict what you can and can't do until you've started.
ReplyDeleteAnd can I just say Mabrook and Mashallah on your weight loss and continued healthiness - it's tough to maintain in Ramadan, so may Allah support you through it!!
Here's to a better week! :D