Asalamu Alaikum, this is your host Nosheen and welcome back to
Jan Each agenda. This is episode six of the
Becoming a Muslim A Girl series, a series I created to help all
my fellow beautiful Muslim sisters become the woman of
their dreams. In today's episode, we'll delve
into the art of creating your perfect night routine since we
talked about creating our. Perfect morning routine.
In our last episode, I felt like this would just tie both of them
together as Muslim women. It's crucial to prioritize our
self-care in nurturing our souls and in establishing a peaceful
and rejuvenating even evening ritual.
A well planned night routine not only allows us to unwind after
having a long day, but it also enables us to take care of
ourselves. And to prepare for a restful
night's sleep, both physically and spiritually.
So throughout this episode, I'll share valuable insights,
practical tips, and Islamic wisdom that will guide you in
crafting a net routine tailored to your own needs and
aspirations. We'll explore various aspects
including self-care practices, spiritual rituals, spiritual
rituals. And methods to promote
tranquility and balance in your evenings.
So grab a pen and paper, a notebook, open your notes, app,
whatever it is you use to write so that you can create your
perfect routine. While you're listening to this,
to start our night routine, we are going to be disconnecting at
8:00 o'clock. By disconnect I mean putting
your phone down and any other electronics not going on it
after this time. And I call this disconnecting
because through it you are able to shift your focus inward and
dedicate time solely to yourself by disconnecting from the
outside world. I found that this really helps
in creating a more peaceful atmosphere for myself.
I'm not constantly just like on my phone checking who's texting
me and texting back, scrolling through social media, checking
comments and whatnot. It just.
It really helps in keeping my mind calm and centered and I'm
able to actually focus on my routine.
Make sure to place your phone in a designated spa, away from your
immediate reach where you can't see it, and also put it on DND.
This physical separation will make it so that the temptation
to go on your phone is reduced. And because your phone is on
DND, it will make you less likely to pick up your phone
because of a road vacation that you get.
And just a side note, you don't have to do the rest of your
night routine right after you disconnect.
I just feel like getting off of your social media or just your
phone just makes your brain a lot crummer and there's honestly
no need to scroll. So now that we have disconnected
for the night, we are going to fully submerge ourselves.
In self-care, the first thing that we're going to do light a
candle. This helps set the mood and it
makes everything just so much calmer.
Turning off your main light and then also turning on your furry
lights and any other sources of ambient lighting this serves the
further calm the mood and then just create a very warm and
inviting space for us. Now that we've set the tone, we
will start our night by cleaning our space.
A clean and organized environment promotes a sense of
calm and tranquility, and it allows us to unwind more
effectively. So start by tidying up any
clutter or items that are out of place.
Put away any clothes, clear off your services, and make sure
that everything is in its designated spot.
As you clean, you'll notice that your physical and mental space
opens up and you're creating a more peaceful atmosphere for
yourself. I'm a big believer that the.
Environment you place yourself into is a reflection of who you
are. By consciously cleaning our
physical space, we are cleaning our inner selves.
Taking the time to clean and organize our space is not only
about just cleaning up, it's about creating a positive and
comfortable environment for us to be able to thrive in.
After we have tidied up our space, we are going to be moving
on to hygiene. I know some like to take their
showers in the morning, so if that's you, obviously don't
incorporate it into your night routine.
Well, if you do take your showers at night, include that
here. We're also going to be including
skin care here. I don't care if you take a
shower in the morning, you're going to do skin care.
Now because that is so important.
We should all have a skin care routine by now for our skins to
make sure to take care of it, whether it's just like a
moisturizer or you have an actual step by step like a
cleanser, A serum, a moisturizer.
Like whatever it is, just have a skin care routine that suits
your skin. And that's because we are
supposed to be taking care of it unless upon with that has given
us a body and we are supposed to be taking the utmost care of it.
So we should be taking the time out of our day to be able to
take care of ourselves properly while we're doing this.
Make sure to do would do because you don't want to have all of
your skin care done and then. Remember you need to do with you
and then you to pray and then you do.
Your would do and then your skin care just like comes off because
the water that's literally the worst feeling ever.
So don't forget to do with you before you do your skin care.
Next we're going to do a show prayer.
So I know that prayer times is different for everyone.
Maybe prayer time for you fresha is at like 10:00 o'clock and
that's the last step at your routine because you're going to
pray right at 10. And then go to sleep right
afterwards whenever the time comes and whenever like you feel
is the best time to put it into your team, put it in then.
But just a rule of thumb, the earlier you pray a prayer, the
more Hassan noth you will get. So just try and pray it as early
as you can after we're gonna. Pray we're going to recite
Quran. So reciting Quran daily is a
habit that all of us should be making.
And even if it's just like reciting one or two ayots and
then reading the English meaning and then.
Wondering about the the seer about it and just trying to
understand the Quran, whatever it is, you should be reading
Quran. So try to add that somewhere
into your routine and after that doing dua in dua.
Like the best thing that I have found is just talking to Alyssa
Hanawatala from the soul. Talk to him and you know,
explain that you're grateful for what he's given to you.
Explain that you're grateful for all the blessings that he's
given you. And you know, talk to him.
You know, I have these problems in my life, you know.
Can you please help me fix them? Can you guide me on how to fix
them? You know, like there's so much
that you can ask from Allah. And I feel like we don't take
advantage of the lot enough because, like we're just.
Basically having a conversation, like obviously prayer itself is
a conversation with Allah. But when you're making the law,
you can say essentially whatever it is that you want.
You can pour your whole entire heart out, cry your heart out,
and then explain to him what you're feeling.
And that feeling of like telling him everything that's going on.
And then at the end it just, it feels so good to have everything
out and like, you know, telling your creator what's been going
on and explaining your emotions and it gives you a kind of
peace. That venting to like anyone
else, it's so different than that.
Like when you do that with Les Panwatala, it's such a different
feeling and I would 100% recommend all of you do that.
Literally just, you know, reflect on your day, reflect on
the good things that you've done, the bad things that you've
done, assess the actions that you you've done.
And you know, we do all this to strive for self improvement so
you can improve the next day, you know you can see.
Yourself raw and you know see again the good and the bad that
you have done and then after that we are going to go on to
more self-care rituals. Obviously prayer in itself is a
form of self-care, but I'm talking about like doing face
masks or journaling or reading a book and just engaging in any
activity that helps you relax. You can incorporate these
activities to like get you right in the mood of.
Actually going to sleep. If you're not already tired
enough, you can do this before you actually pray.
I find it best that I pray and then just go to sleep right
afterwards. But again, whatever works for
you. Put it in whatever order you
feel like is best. Now, before turning off the
lights, let us take a moment to reflect and express gratitude.
For a last time, grab a journal or a piece of paper.
And write down three things that you are grateful for from the
day. And this is because focusing on
gratitude can really shift your mindset to a more positive
outlook of life and foster a sense of actual contentment.
Because I feel like a lot of us just focus on negativity and all
the bad things that have happened to us.
Let's focus on the good. Let's focus on the things that
we have to be grateful for. It reminds us that.
We have so many blessings in our life and small joys, and even in
the middle of when you're going through something hard, there's
so many good things happening. So by cultivating gratitude, you
invite abundance and appreciation into your hearts,
and it helps you just be a more positive, happy content person
overall. So now that we've done all of
that, we have just one more thing.
To do and that is by ending our nights by making a sincere
intention to Alasapano Matala to wake us up for fudger prayer and
wellahi. It is the best way to wake up
for fudger like it's better than an alarm.
You just have to sincerely ask Allah, please wake me up for
fudger. Please help me wake up up for
fudger and Allah will wake you up before your alarm even if
you're like. Someone who has a hard time
waking up for fetcher. This is because you're asking
for a lot Almighty's help in doing something, and Alyssa
Brown with the will obviously 100% help you remember.
The most important aspect of any routine is being consistent in
it and your intention. Your intention needs to be pure,
so tailoring your night routine to your personal preferences and
needs while keeping your ultimate goal of seeking
closeness to Allah. In mind is very important.
Don't take everything I'm sitting in here and you know if
it doesn't fit the lifestyle that you want or you know it
just doesn't fit you as a person, don't force yourself to
go to it and adhere to it. Change the routine to something
that fits you with that. Thank you for joining me on this
episode of Journey to Jenna and I hope through it you were able
to create your perfect night routine.
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my life in general. Remember, a well planned night
routine is a powerful tool for self-care and for personal
growth. So go ahead, prioritize
yourself. Embrace the beauty of a peaceful
night routine. Sleep well and wake up
refreshed, ready to conquer the world.
Sweet dreams. And until next time on journey
to Jenna as Salaamwalekum, my beautiful loves.