Why These Two Working Moms Won't Compromise On Pursuing Their Creative Side Gigs

Two working parents discuss how and why they carve out time for creativity.

Two working parents discuss how and why they carve out time for creativity.

Lindsay White and Rebekah Bastian have demanding full-time jobs, kids at home, and still somehow manage to structure time for their respective hobbies. And it looks like they may be on to something. A 2014 study by psychologists at San Francisco State University found that employees who pursue creative activities outside of work attribute those activities with boosting performance at the office.



Based in Salt Lake City, White is the founder of Lot 801, an offbeat children's clothing brand. In her downtime, she writes music and raps with her husband in their basement music studio.



Bastian lives in Seattle with her husband and two small children. By day, she works as Zillow's vice president of product, managing five teams of people. But before work (and often on weekends), she can be found hanging upside down at an aerial training studio. She even performs routines at local venues every now and then.



How do they do it?

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