[Pre-Ramadan Bootcamp] Ep 13: Weekly Challenge- Round Two!

In the final episode of the Pre-Ramadan Bootcamp, we give you some tips about starting a Ramadan journal that captures your thoughts, feelings, ideas and behaviours as you go through Ramadan this year. The purpose of this journal is to help you document the transformation you're going through each Ramadan and help you prepare for the next Ramadan.

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In this episode, we discuss how social media can affect your productivity in Ramadan. Hence, it is crucial to ‘fast’ from social media during Ramadan so that it doesn’t distract us from the true essence of Ramadan.

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In today’s episode, we discuss some ways of spending your Ramadan weekends productively. For most of us - weekends during Ramadan are opportunities for us to catch up on sleep and take it easy before the work week starts again.And although resting and taking the time to relax is commendable - especially if it'll help you worship Allah better; we should be conscious of not to waste our time during the weekend with too much sleep, or simply lounging in front of the TV.

So what can you do to make your Ramadan weekends productive?What activities can you do with your family, friends, neighbors, community, that would make each Ramadan weekend a fulfilling experience?

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In this episode, we want you to connect with ONE person (either among your family or friends) whom will be your success partner. This partner has one specific role - to ask you each day the 3 main questions (either via a call or message or WhatsApp). Head over to the show notes to find out- http://productivemuslimpodcast.com/s2e22

One of the ways to ensure that you lead a productive Ramadan is to imagine what each day of Ramadan would look like hour by hour. In psychology circles, this is called "Developing a Mental Model"; it's what athletes do before a race or pilots do before flying a plane. They imagine all the possibilities of how their race/flight would look like and all the scenarios that might go wrong and what they'll do if things do go wrong.

So how do you practically apply this in Ramadan?

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Today’s episode marks the beginning of the third round of the weekly challenge. As part of your third challenge, we want you to do something slightly different.Instead of ticking a box of 3 challenges every day, we want you to experiment what ONE day of Ramadan would look like for 24 hours for you. 

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In this episode, we offer you some practical tips on how you can re-connect with the Quran from now on and enter Ramadan with the healthy relationship of the Quran. As you follow these tips, reading Quran will not be an annual ritual for you, but a lifelong sustainable habit, insha Allah.

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In today’s episode, we highlight the importance of starting your Ramadan Projects. It’s something that you’ll start and finish during Ramadan that will make your Ramadan memorable.  It could be a spiritual project, e.g. "I will read Juz' Amma with Tafseer" Or a physical project, e.g. "I will not have soft drinks during Ramadan"

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The Prophet (SAW) said, “Jannah is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire is surrounded by desires.” [Muslim]

As you prepare for Ramadan, and perhaps you're worried that things might not be easy during Ramadan especially with the long fasting hours and late nights, remember the above hadeeth and keep it at the top of your mind. Another interpretation of this hadeeth is that getting closer to Jannah won't get easier, but will always be surrounded by hardships and tough choices.

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During  Ramadan, some people over-sleep or under-sleep. To help you have a healthy sleep, we show you how you can manage your sleep better, how your sleep cycles work and how you can calculate the right sleep time, whilst keeping up with your work, spiritual obligations, and other commitments.

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