According to the Inner Expansion blog, the spiritual year ends in August which would explain why I always get so sluggish in August – I’m tapping into the waning energy, not just being lazy! In the natural world, August is a time for plants to bask in their green or flowery finery, and for the crops to grow some more before the harvest in Autumn – no big effort required, just basking in sunshine (hopefully). (in the northern hemisphere at least). So August is a hazy, lazy, indolent, reflective, holiday time…the perfect month to perfect the art of Farting Around.
Of all the things I share with my clients, the one they have the most trouble with is ‘joy’. Living joyfully. Enjoying life. Farting around, if you will! Farting around is defined in the Free Dictionary as ‘fooling around’, ‘frittering time away’. It’s one of my favourite pastimes. I love to moodle, to potter, to play, to mess around, to just do what I feel like doing at any particular time.
Most of the time, most of us don’t have time to fart around, we’re far too busy being sensible, serious, working, responsible, rational, earnest human beings, working and making our way in the world. There’s work to be done, and chores to be done, and self-improvement to be done, and duties to be taken care of, and responsibilities to shoulder. Well, for this month, I want you to put down those weighty issues and get into some constructive farting around! I am not suggesting that you abandon your duties and responsibilities, or jack in your job, but that you pay some attention to enjoying August, and kick up your heels a bit!
As I always do in these Daily Practices, on my Facebook and Twitter pages, I will share a daily prompt to help remind you and inspire you to Fart Around, so make sure you’re following me to keep up. And as always, I would love to hear your thoughts on this practice – please leave me a comment below or contact me through the Facebook or Twitter pages. I’d love to hear if you’re joining me in this monthly practice, and if you have any favourite ways to encourage farting around!
Love
Donna.x
PS To facilitate Farting Around time, the Dreams to Reality podcast and the Ask Donna videos are on hiatus for August. They’ll be back (probably) in September.
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16 responses to “August Daily Practice: Fart Around”
Hi Millan! Welcome to the site. xxx
I am Millan Ariyarathna From Sri Lanka
Yay! And let us know if you have any great ideas for Farting Around! x
Thanks Toni. x
Yeah, I thought that was really interesting too Lesley – it explains a lot! 😀 x
Really interesting about the spiritual year ending in August. It’s been a time of huge transformation for me for the last several years. Farting around sounds like a lovely practice! Lots of fun!
Great post Samantha thank you for sharing
What a great idea! I too tend to have August off, and I plan to allow myself to do whatever more! I will definitely check out your prompts!
Lol Samantha. I hereby award you permission to fart! 😀 x
Oooooo yes I definitely feel like farting around in August, and the rest of the year too. So true, we need more permission to fart!
Lol – I’m not sure there is such a thing as too much silliness Sibylle?! x
YES!! It’s time to take some time, and it’s also time to allow for silliness 😀 I have to admit I do a lot of this these days, maybe almost too much but that’s definitely better than too little… -I love the expression “Farting Around”, it describes it so well!
Much love and blessings,
Sibylle
😀 Yay to more joy! Thank you! xx
Thanks Mary! Hope your peeps enjoy it too. I’m looking forward to an August of farting around! x
haha, Donna – you cracking me!! but so true that sometimes we only need to invite nature timing take over. My balance was slightly off (working a bit too hard) in the past few months, and would love to re-balance with more joy. thanks for sharing, really enjoyed your post!
Fantastic Post , pretty much sounds like my August farting about Thank you for a great blog .Going to share with my peeps on fb Thanks Mary 🙂