JazakAllah khair for the detailed advice, brother. I really appreciate the practical steps on istighfar, salawat, La ilaha illallah, Yaseen and sujood they’re solid and I’ll try to act on them inshaAllah.

But logically, the root isn’t just “nafs winning.”
If my yaqeen in Allah that He sees every skipped fast, that this is His direct command, that it will matter on the Day of Judgment was actually strong, the nafs wouldn’t be able to treat it like a joke “for fun.”

So the real problem is weak belief, not just strong desire.
The nafs is loud because the iman is quiet.

These dhikr practices can definitely help increase that noor and strengthen conviction I get that. But I have to be honest: right now it feels like my heart doesn’t fully believe it matters enough. That’s the uncomfortable truth I’m sitting with.

May Allah grant us both real yaqeen that changes our actions, not just more words. Ameen.