Why is it so Difficult, or is it?

Everyone has an idea, even though it may not be so vivid and clear, of what they want to achieve after Ramadhan. Post Ramadhan goals, as they say.

But the problem and the biggest challenge we all face is once Ramadhan leaves us, a new set of struggles are waiting around the corner, ready to visit us.

What are your post Ramadhan goals?

What is your biggest post Ramadhan struggle?

When you ask these questions to different people from various walks of life and from varying age categories, the responses are unsurprisingly quite different yet, very similar.

Some wanted to continue praying on-time, others missed the way they did dhikr in Ramadhan. There were those that wanted to carry the habit of reading the Holy Quran every day and then the ones that wanted to control sins of their tongue, etc.

Very different goals.

Yet, all of the responses had one thing in common – the desire to CONTINUE what they were doing in Ramadhan.

It’s not unusual to feel inadequate after Ramadhan. To feel unaccomplished when you look back at the way you spent it – “I wish I had done MORE Ibadah of Allah. I wish I hadn’t wasted so much time. I wish I had made that one more khatam of the Holy Quran. I wish I had stayed up longer during the odd nights.”

To feel depressed when you look at your post-Ramadhan “situation” – “Wow, it didn’t even take a SINGLE day after Ramadhan ended, before I went back to my old bad habits. I really may be a hopeless case.”

As if all of your “disciplining efforts during Ramadhan” were wasted the moment you committed the first post-Ramadhan sin.

There’s no denying the fact that after Ramadhan things begin to change. Our carefully constructed self-discipline begins to crumble.

If you are not conscious of this transition period from a high-intensity high-pressure Ibadah environment to a low-intensity low-pressure Ibadah environment, you may be headed towards your old ways or worse – a performance slump.

But the big question is:

WHY?

Why is it much more difficult to stay consistent after Ramadhan?

In sha Allah tomorrow we will discuss the answer!