Why life doesn’t feel fun anymore

Salaam Alaykum,

You wake up unmotivated.
You go through the day half-awake.
You look forward to sleeping more than living.
And you keep replaying memories of a time when life felt better

I suffered with this at a point in my life.

It always seemed like life was better before.

I thought that my life was actually getting worse,

but the problem was a spiritual one.

I came across something interesting from Hasan Al-Basri (rahimahullah)—

He said that too much entertainment makes the heart hard.

That’s when it clicked.

Life didn’t really get harder.
Your heart did.

And the proof is in how we spend our time:

• endless IG reels

• binge-watching netflix shows

• hours on the TikTok for you page

Your heart wasn’t created for that.
It wasn’t built to be entertained all day.
It was built to remember Allah.

And when the heart forgets its purpose…
Even the best parts of life start to feel empty.

This makes you ungrateful to Allah

which is one of Shaytaan’s traps.

But as always, i’ll give you a solution:

You can reclaim your heart.
And you don’t need to delete your phone to do it.

Just start small:

• Cut screen time by 30 minutes today.

• Sit with silence.

• Make dhikr.

This will soften your heart.

Salaam,

Ali

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