During these days when things are very difficult, lets make our prayers very effective and give it a boost by learning and practicing Shemiras Haloshon, may the Geula come soon
RY, perhaps we are doing what we should be doing. Focusing on the improvement of our character and middos. As a way of responding to HaShem’s subtle signals.
It would be ideal for people to improve all year round. People get busy and then we focus on different tasks instead of taking to think about what to improve on and how. That’s why there are certain times like the 3 weeks and Elul that remind us to stop and think