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Not a question, but I wanted to thank everyone who gave me advice on not dying on the fast day! I wore light cotton clothes all day, had ice packs on hand to avoid overheating, brought a hand fan, and brought soup to break my fast on (I didn't have a sports drink, but soup has electrolytes). I was also careful about when I was in my hottest costume, so especially thanks for the clothing advice/reminder!
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Hey friends! I wanted to let you know that I’ll be taking a social media fast for the month of January. While social media is be fun and helpful, it’s been on my heart to step away for a bit and focus on other things. I’ve been thinking a lot about how social media affects our brains and attention spans. Constant scrolling overstimulates the mind, making it harder to focus and be present, and all those quick dopamine hits from likes and notifications can seriously damage our ability to concentrate. Plus, it’s so easy to fall into the comparison trap, and I want to take a break from that and focus on gratitude for the life God has given me. 🙏
During this fast, I’ve scheduled posts to share some encouragement and inspiration each day in January, but I won’t be active or responding to DMs. I’m excited to use this time to clear my mind, refocus, and be more present with my loved ones. I’m also hoping this will help me grow spiritually by spending more time in prayer and reading my Bible.
If you’ve ever thought about taking a break from social media, I’d encourage you to try it—even for a short time! It’s amazing how much clarity and peace you can find when you step away. I’ll be back in February, but until then, I hope you all have a wonderful start to the new year! Thanks for understanding!
Thatgentlewife
Day 1 of Ramadan:
Woke up a half hour before the dawn and missed 2 prayers 😮💨
was still able to get something in my stomach so hopefully I make it til sundown.
***it's my first time doing Ramadan, and I wanted to try to find something that might bring me closer to God as I'm no longer a religious person. I've been trying for the first 20 years of my life, but the only thing that brought me back was religious guilt and fear mongering. I've read my Bible, prayed, went to church, but it didn't work. So I gave up for 8 years just being me w/o Jesus. But once again I'm feeling like I didn't do enough to be a "Good Christian" so I'll try this and hope for the best.***
This is the first time that I’ll be doing fasting for Yom Kippur. To get some reference, can you please share what things you do or abstain from? If it isn’t too much to ask, can you share your frame of reference (denomination)? Thank you!
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Hey so, it's gonna be real hot on a fast day where I live and I'm going to be in a performance that day that includes dancing.
Any suggestions or resources with suggestions for how to not harm myself?
I already know to hydrate in advance and I'm planning to have cold packs on me, but any other advice would be helpful!
(Asking here because I don't know where else to ask where I won't have to justify the not drinking plan)
. Anon, you can also see if maybe someone has said something previously in the #jewish fast tag (not sure if they have)
Does it count as fasting if it's unintentional? I didn't eat lunch today because I forgot, and then later I remembered and I was like ykw I guess I'll try to fast, since I already skipped lunch anyway. I ended up getting really lightheaded and eating at like 4pm, but if I had not eaten all day, would that have counted? Or does it have to be on purpose?
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Day 3-7 of Ramadan
I had 3 days of 2+hr of overtime (+had an interview for a higher position and had two meetings) so my prayers got thrown off and I wasn't able to eat before the start of fast.
Day 5 I broke fast and missed my prayers from tiredness 🥲
But not to worry, I made them up on day 6!
Day 7 I went with friends to an escape room and had so much fun! Barely made it through the day but made it I did.
Hope to more days of perseverance and humility.
