I’m going to talk about my plans for the month of Ramadan, which is considered to be the most blessed time period in the year, when all Muslims are encouraged to offer as many good deeds as possible, such as reciting the Quran and obviously the fasting, which is actually mandatory in this month. Normally, I don’t take any time off during this month, which is kind of unfortunate because your work sort of interferes with your worship. And so last year, I was like planning to take a whole month off because I was working in my hometown and I had been planning to save up enough money to then go on vacation. But unfortunately, I had to change this plan. I had to actually cancel it because I was accepted to a university and I had to move back to Tashkent, the capital, to pursue my grad studies. And obviously, here, I don’t really have a home, so I have to rent an apartment and just generally the cost of living is much higher compared to my hometown. So unfortunately, I can’t take a month off to sort of fully devote myself to worship. But at least what I will try to do is I will try to cut back on my working hours so that I don’t spend too much time at work and try to dedicate the better part of my day to worship, offering the extra good deeds like I just mentioned. But like I said, it’s kind of not possible for me to take a whole month off.
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I'm going to talk about my plans for the month of Ramadan, which is considered to be the most blessed time period in the year, when all Muslims are encouraged to offer as many good deeds as possible, such as reciting the Quran and, obviously, fasting, which is mandatory in this month. Normally, I don't take any time off during this month, which is unfortunate because work interferes with worship. Last year, I was planning to take a whole month off because I was working in my hometown, and I had been planning to save up enough money to go on vacation. But unfortunately, I had to change this plan. I had to cancel it because I was accepted to a university, and I had to move back to Tashkent, the capital, to pursue my grad studies. Here, I don't really have a home, so I have to rent an apartment, and generally, the cost of living is much higher compared to my hometown. So unfortunately, I can't take a month off to fully devote myself to worship. But at least I will try to cut back on my working hours so that I don't spend too much time at work and can dedicate the better part of my day to worship, offering the extra good deeds I just mentioned. But like I said, it's not possible for me to take a whole month off.
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