by bossmeggan | inspiration
Finding Time to Create When Life Is Full Question: How do you find time to create when life is full? Answer: Time isn’t found—it’s created. By you. Just like everything else. Yes, you’ve created it all—the job, the family, the friends, the...
by bossmeggan | being a writer, inspiration
When the Best Creativity Techniques Are About Doing Nothing Sometimes, I sit down to do my creative stuff and there’s nothing there. My concept of creativity centers around writing, so when the words don’t arrive, the panic does. Over the past week I’ve...
by bossmeggan | being a writer, inspiration
How Four Chunks Are Causing You to Stop Yourself RIGHT NOW “In any particular moment, our conscious awareness can hold on to only approximately four chunks of information. This is called our working memory.” – Dr. Reid Wilson, Stopping the Noise in Your Head ...
by bossmeggan | being a writer, inspiration
The Flight and Funk of Creativity Last year, I departed Italy on October 31st. This year, I left for Italy on October 31st. I could get really heady about that and how it’s a day of death and renewal, but it’s likely just coincidence. Anyway, I’m back in...
by bossmeggan | being a writer, inspiration
Remember, it’s Arbitrary—What Rules Rule You? When updating my Brainfoods page recently, I recalled one of my favorite quotes from Essentialism. “The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away—it can only be forgotten.” -Greg McKeown At first...
by bossmeggan | inspiration
The Essentials . . or Not. What Will You Miss? Sometimes, when you’re not watching, the mess grows into something too large to handle. Something has to be done. You stand there, arms akimbo, surveying the room. What’s to stay? What’s to go? Each item you...
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