🎙 Diary of a Creator 💖 with Your Creator Bestie

Creator Economy vs College in 2026: Why I Wouldn't Go to College if I was 16 Again If I were 16–18 right now in 2026… I wouldn’t go to college. The Old Way Go to school. Get a degree. Get a job. Spend: • 4–6 years • $50K–$200K+ The creator economy is projected to reach  $500B by 2027. And yet? Less than  4% of creators make full-time income. Not because we can’t… But because no one taught them...

The creator economy is projected to reach  half a trillion dollars by 2027. And yet? Less than 4% of creators make full-time income. That’s not a creativity problem. That’s a  creator business and empire problem. I’m on a mission to help  1 million creators  make: 💰 $100K → $1M+ annually Starting with me. https://creatorbestie.substack.com/p/the-creator-economy-is-500b-but-only Let's #CREATEI...

🎙️ Creator Confessions March 2026 The real behind the REEL of creating a life and business you love. ⁠https://bit.ly/createitlikeaboss⁠ Creator CEO Confessions is a behind-the-scenes podcast for creators, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate humans who want more than algorithms and aesthetics — they want alignment, clarity, and sustainable success. Each episode is a candid monthly (and occasional w...

Creator Story Part 4: Creator Era aka 10,000 Lives in 1 Where it all started to manifest, multiply, and create momentum. This didn’t start yesterday. This started in  2014. Before “creator economy” was everywhere. Before it was trendy to call yourself a creator. It started with: Faith. Vision. Action. And a knowing… I wasn’t meant to fit into one lane. https://creatorbestie.substack.com/p/living-i...

Creator Story Part 3 This is where everything shifted. From the outside… It looked like I had it all. Career. Success. Momentum. But inside? I was being called to  change everything. https://substack.com/home/post/p-192228908 CREATEIT

Before I was a creator… I was a  corporate weapon. VP. MBA. Board seat. 5+ industries. Audit exec energy. And this part? Most people only see the highlight reel. But let me take you behind it. Substack https://creatorbestie.substack.com/p/10000-lives-in-1-part-2-corporate Creator School https://bit.ly/joincreatorschool Bestie: Leave a Review on the show for a shoutout and to be entered into monthl...

In this four part series of my Creator Story, I share the foundation, corporate, transformation and creator era highlights. Conceived in Bulgaria. Born in Poland. 10 months in a refugee camp in Italy. In America before I was 2. That was my beginning. Before titles. Before corporate. Before creator. I was the girl called “pizza face.” The girl called “crossover.” The girl who dropped honors classes...

This is the year creators stop marketing reactively and start creating intentionally. No more scattered content. No more random promotions. No more creating without a clear path for growth. This is the year of strategy. Structure. Systems. Simplicity. Scale. In this episode, I’m breaking down how to create a Marketing Plan that helps you grow your audience, increase your visibility, and create mor...

🎙️ Creator Confessions Jan 2026 The real behind the REEL of creating a life and business you love. ⁠https://bit.ly/createitlikeaboss⁠ Creator CEO Confessions is a behind-the-scenes podcast for creators, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate humans who want more than algorithms and aesthetics — they want alignment, clarity, and sustainable success. Each episode is a candid monthly (and occasional wee...

2026 isn’t about experimenting. It’s about embodying. The Creator Empire Era is here — and creators aren’t asking “Can I make money?” anymore. We’re asking: How do I create a brand, income, community, and impact that actually lasts? In this episode, I’m breaking down the 10 Creator Trends shaping 2026 — for creators and brands ready to create empires from the inside out. We’re talking about: ✨ Cr...

Creator Diaries ep 1 Day in the Life in <30 seconds 😱 Highlights include 1️⃣Morning Routine 💃🏻 in the 🪞, 🙏🏼 , EFT Coffee ☕️ Bullet 2️⃣Walk to Beach 🏖️ Fasted Cardio Barranco  @visitlimaofficial  x eat 3️⃣🔝 Qtr Goal Actions 4️⃣Batch created 2 Long Vids & 10 Reels & 📧 5️⃣Workout 🏋🏻‍♀️  @smartfitpe  leg day x 💃🏻 6️⃣ Eat before and after workout 3x total 7️⃣Walk street art 🖼️ &a...

Content. Courses. Community. Cash. If you’re a creator in 2026, this isn’t about posting more. It’s about running a real creator business. You’re not just a content creator — you’re the CEO. In this episode, I’m breaking down the 5 creator tools that run my entire business — whether I’m in Bali, Peru, or Atlanta. These aren’t trendy apps. They’re the backbone of my content, courses, community, and...

People ask me all the time how I have this much energy — and I always laugh because… spoiler: it’s not coffee 😅 In this episode of Diary of a Creator , I’m sharing the story behind my transformation and the mess to the message, and real behind-the-scenes of what actually keeps me creating consistently— while prioritizing, launching, flowing. Inside this episode, we talk about: • Why your body is...

From Corporate to Creator: Turning Fear Into Faith I didn’t leave corporate because I hated it. I left because the identity no longer fit. In this first entry of Diary of a Creator , I’m sharing the real story behind becoming an “corp girly” — the part no one warns you about once the title, paycheck, and structure disappear. From my first jobs at 16 (babysitting, Popeyes — yes, red beans and rice...

🎙 Diary of a Creator — Official Trailer Rebrand What does it really take to create a creator life? In this trailer, Katrina Julia — Creator CEO, MBA, CPA, and your fave ex-corp girly — shares the real story behind Diary of a Creator . From working her way up across 7+ industries and Fortune 500 brands (NBC, Google, Victoria’s Secret) to losing 55 pounds, choosing a sober lifestyle, and reinventing...

🎙️ 2026 Vision : Year in Review, Reflections and Template Full YouTube and Template Hey Bestie 💼✨ If you’ve been wondering what’s next — for YOU, for the Creator Economy, for life and business… This episode is your permission slip to dream way bigger. Because I’m not just setting goals for 2026. I’m embodying the woman who’s already living it. In faith. In freedom. In fierce alignment. ✨ What I...

🎙️ Creator Confessions December 2025 The real behind the REEL of creating a life and business you love. https://bit.ly/createitlikeaboss Creator CEO Confessions is a behind-the-scenes podcast for creators, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate humans who want more than algorithms and aesthetics — they want alignment, clarity, and sustainable success. Each episode is a candid monthly (and occasional...

What happens when you don’t hit all your goals — but end the year more aligned than ever? In this powerful reflection episode, I’m taking you behind the highlight reel to share my honest 2025 Year in Review. 🎯 I’m walking you through: The 2 goals I missed (yes, including that $400/day target + NPC stage) What I stopped doing to protect my energy and peace What I started doing that helped me autom...

Everyone wants a $10K month. But no one really talks about what actually got them there. So I asked creators. In this episode, I’m sharing what real creators and founders told me about reaching their first $10K month —the mindset shifts, the focus changes, and the moves that finally made income feel real and repeatable. We’re talking about: ✨ What they stopped doing that freed up momentum ✨ The...

10 Things I’m Grateful for in 2025 In this episode, I’m sharing 10 things I’m deeply grateful for in 2025 — from divine downloads to dream collabs, from faith to freedom, and everything in between. 🙏🏽✨ This isn’t just a gratitude list — it’s a reflection on the energy, alignment, and evolution that shaped this year and the foundation I’m building for 2026 and beyond. 💼🌴 Tune in to hear: 💫 Ho...

Biohacks That Keep Me Creating Full-Time ⚡️ The rituals, routines, and God-glow that fuel my Creator life around the world. Bestie… if I had a dollar for every time someone asked me, “HOW are you this energized while traveling full-time and creating every day?” I’d have Creator Retreats in 10 countries by now. 😂 And listen… it’s not coffee. It’s not hustle. It’s not grinding myself into burnout...

I spent decades making good money — but still living beyond my means. I had six-figure incomes, but no savings. I was caught in lifestyle inflation, overspending, and constantly scrambling. In this episode, I dive deep into what finally shifted. I share the moment I realized earning more doesn’t equal financial freedom, the mindset rewiring it took, and the habits that helped me flip the switch: b...

Digital nomads + creators… let’s talk phone plans. $100 bonus if you switch * Must qualify as new and T + Cs apply https://referral.t-mobile.com/3iPueKZ Because if you’re bouncing from Peru to Bali to Miami like I do, the wrong carrier will wreck your wallet and your workflow. https://www.fitlifecreation.com/post/digital-nomads-here-s-why-you-should-switch-to-t-mobile-this-year In this episode, I’...

Welcome to Creator to CEO Confessions , where I spill the REAL behind the REEL every month—no filters, no fluff. Dive into faith, wellness, wealth, marketing, business, travel, and community as I break down my October Highlights 🔥 Inside This Episode: ✨ Creator Confessions ✨ Creator Circle – Community, collabs & connections ✨ Creator Snapshot – Habits, income & impact ✨ Creator Events...

Welcome to Creator to CEO Confessions , where I spill the REAL behind the REEL every month—no filters, no fluff. Dive into faith, wellness, wealth, marketing, business, travel, and community as I break down my October Highlights 🔥 Inside This Episode: ✨ Creator Confessions ✨ Creator Circle – Community, collabs & connections ✨ Creator Snapshot – Habits, income & impact ✨ Creator Events...