Feeling like a distant Muslim
Salam alaikum, does anyone have tips on drawing closer to Allah? I feel like I'm just barely scraping by-sometimes even less. I manage to pray five times daily, but my heart’s not in it; it’s all distracted and hollow. I don’t cover at work or around non-Muslim relatives, I skip the masjid, my sadaqah is minimal, I’m not reading Qur’an or making du’a, and it just piles up-this guilt is heavy but I still don’t push myself to change. I don’t get what’s wrong with me. I’ve got zero self-control, too wrapped up in dunya stuff, not giving Allah SWT the reverence He deserves, and yet I can’t force myself to step up. Sometimes my salah feels pointless because it’s so half-hearted. I’m open to any suggestions-lately I’ve had really bleak thoughts, astaghfirullah, like maybe things would be easier if I weren’t here. Islam is my only source of calm, and feeling this far from it just makes me ashamed all the time. Jazakallah khair for any words.