Creativity, Joy, and Play as Pathways to Wellness with Katina Bajaj

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Cameron Oaks Rogers

Motherhood, Mental Health, Cameronrogers, Freckledfoodie, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Parenting

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I sit down with Katina Bajaj, the author of “On Adulting” and cofounder of Daydreamers: a wellbeing startup that utilizes creativity as a health modality. Katina and I discuss her trajectory from investment banking and why she left the corporate world, how she started the “On Adulting” blog which later became a book, and how motherhood can instill childlike wonder. We also discuss the baggage around the word “creativity,” actionable ways to create “transition times” in your day and prevent burnout, and the difference between pleasure and effortful enjoyment.

Key Takeaway / Points:

Katina’s career change and why she left her job in investment banking
How she started “On Adulting,” her blog about growing up in a mindful and joyful way
How parenting styles have shifted throughout the generations
Our societal obsession with productivity
How motherhood has instilled a childlike wonder within me
Katina’s wellbeing startup, Daydreamers, and how it opens up creativity as a wellbeing modality
The baggage around the word “creativity”
How creativity can be accessible for everyone
Implementing “transition times” into your day to prevent burnout
On time blocking and scheduling play into our days
On pleasure vs. effortful enjoyment

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:04.1	Hello, Freckle Foodie fam.
0:05.6	Today's episode is a great one for anyone who is struggling with figuring out how to have
0:13.4	fun in life, reconnecting with joy and playfulness, potentially experiencing some burnout or who
0:20.8	is prone to burnout and trying to avoid it at all costs like me, or really just trying
0:27.3	to configure what the fuck is our life when you enter the quote unquote real world post
0:33.5	college and suddenly are an adult and how to still bring in acts of childlike behavior
0:41.3	into your life to tap into creativity and get inflow and just expand your mindset.
0:48.1	All of these things are things that I personally am working on, which is why I am so excited
0:53.5	to share this conversation because not only selfishly was it so helpful, but I also
0:58.4	think that so many of you guys are going to relate and hopefully walk away with a lot
1:03.5	of nuggets of advice and actionable items.
1:08.2	So today we are joined by Katina Bajaj, she is the founder of on adulting, which was
1:15.3	a blog that she amassed a following of nearly 100,000 people and turned into her book
1:21.2	on adulting how millennials and any human really can work less live more and bend the rules
1:26.5	for good, which is, I mean, my dream.
1:30.0	She is the co founder of Daydreamers, which is a well-being startup focused on creative
1:34.2	rituals and making hobbies cool again.
1:36.7	And she emphasizes the importance of hobbies and creativity and getting away from the low
1:40.8	quality leisure hobbies like zoning out on Netflix or endless scrolling on devices.
1:46.2	We dive into so much and I feel so jazz walking away from this conversation because there
1:53.0	are a lot of things that I want to switch up and work on personally and tap back into
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