bossmeggan | Meggan Kaiser

Faith or Fool—What’s Fueling Your Work?

Faith or Fool—What’s Fueling Your Work? Creatives. We speak of dreams, hope, expectations…But how does all that relate to faith? In this year of pursuing a career of creativity, one thing I’ve learned is how to keep working when there are only scraps to...

The Drug of Daydreams

by bossmeggan | musings

The Drug of Daydreams My last post explained why we should avoid expectations. They provide the disservice of filling up present time with things that often don’t come to pass. That hole in a bucket thing. But what if we’re not “expecting”? What if we’re...

Don’t Expect Anything: How Wanting Something Leads to Nothing

by bossmeggan | being a writer

Don’t Expect Anything: How Wanting Something Leads to Nothing I arrive to Portland airport at 5 a.m. to attempt a standby flight to Los Angeles. This means showing up without a ticket and hoping for an open seat due to unsold tickets or passenger no-shows. (I...

Confusing Story with Reality: Repetition, Belief, and Truth

by bossmeggan | being a writer

Confusing Story with Reality: Repetition, Belief, and Truth In real life, don’t confuse story with reality. Story can be based in reality, and reality in story, but when the lines get crossed the track leads back to you. We’ve all spent time with...

The Muse Myth: How Doth She Judge?

by bossmeggan | being a writer

The Muse Myth: How Doth She Judge? It is when I return to the road that my habits and routines all fly out the window—thrown into a suitcase for later or simply left behind, abandoned. They’re recalled, at times—as the wheels cover road or wings cross mountains—with a...