He's not Muslim, or very religious at all … but he fasts every Ramadan.
Brut spoke to Alexander Sless about what the month-long period of fasting means to him.
Brut spoke to Alexander Sless about what the month-long period of fasting means to him.
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00:00I'm not Muslim, but I love the concept of Ramadan.
00:03I see it as, I have 11 months of the year to do whatever I want, etc.
00:07And then one month of just discipline.
00:23I think the most commonly asked question is, are you Muslim?
00:26It's a fair question to ask.
00:28But no, I'm not Muslim.
00:30I'm not very religious myself.
00:32My family is religious.
00:34My dad is Ukrainian, my mom's Russian.
00:35Even though my parents consider themselves religious,
00:38it was never a priority in our household.
00:492021 Ramadan, I had a few good Muslim friends who were fasting
00:54and I just decided to join them.
00:56And then just followers on TikTok because I had posted a video and it had taken off.
01:01And I still remember the comments.
01:02Everybody was just like, join us.
01:04I was like, okay, like, let me do it.
01:19My first day ever fasting, I was pulling out weeds.
01:22A lot of weeds grew and I was like, oh, I'm fasting, but I'll be fine.
01:25And that was such a big mistake.
01:28The first time was, I believe I had sushi that day.
01:32And that was the best sushi I've ever had.
01:34Just because you couldn't wait.
01:37Actually, I take that back.
01:38The sushi was good, but the glass of ice cold water was so much better.
01:42Ooh, Popeye's biscuits.
01:54I've always had a huge dependency on food.
01:57I mean, obviously I should be eating, but it's such a big priority in my life.
02:01Like that it kind of distracts me sometimes.
02:03It affects my mood, which I didn't know and I don't like.
02:07So kind of breaking that habit of my relationship with food is very nice.
02:12Throughout the years too, it's a very peaceful time.
02:16It's really good mental clarity, in my opinion.
02:19I was personally going through some things the first year in that April time.
02:23And I'm pretty sure in the first three, four days, I figured it out.
02:27In my head, I was just like, okay, like, you'll be fine.
02:29Everyone has their own form of self-care.
02:30Fasting and the discipline is definitely kind of my form of a self-care and reset.
02:36So
02:53I've gotten a ton of positivity, which I'm very grateful for.
02:56And I don't think people know how grateful I am for it because
03:00I did feel like I was stepping on toes when I first started.
03:03And never my intention to offend anyone or religion, etc.
03:08I don't post about it as much because I've learned as time goes by.
03:12I do want to keep it a little private to myself because it is a private
03:16kind of journey for everybody.
03:17A big thing that I want people to learn is it's okay to try something new.
03:22I think it's great to push yourself to learn.
03:26Be a little bit uncomfortable with things you don't know.