LISTEN HERE for the full podcast! And available everywhere podcasts are found “Let Me Tell You Why with Jeremy Jacobowitz” But below is a summary of how i quit my job, and tips for anyone looking to make a big career change!

Ten years ago, I walked away from a freelance TV career and went all in on being a full-time content creator after my Instagram, Brunch Boys took off. I had spent almost a decade producing sports and food TV, traveling constantly, working brutal hours, and slowly burning out to the point where depression and exhaustion, made me stop recognizing myself or my work. When Brunch Boys started growing fast on Instagram, I realized there might be another path, so I intentionally took a slow TV month (December), turned down new shows, and gave myself a three‑month runway based on the savings I had for rent, to see if I could make it work.

During those three months, I cut my expenses to the bone, treated Brunch Boys like a full-time job, and worked out of a free Wix workspace so I had structure and a place to go. The account exploded, opportunities kept coming in, and each time I said no to a TV gig, something happened on the content side that confirmed I was on the right path. I never technically “quit” a full-time job because I had always been freelance, but I stopped taking TV work and fully committed to building a business as a creator, learning to manage inconsistent income, my own insurance and retirement, taxes as a corporation, and the reality that there is no separation between work and life.

Looking back, I know this path isn’t for everyone: some people genuinely want a stable 9–5, boundaries, and weekends off, and there is nothing wrong with that. I think, for most people, the smarter, more realistic dream is balancing a job that pays the bills and gives you time for your passions, instead of assuming you must quit everything to do that passion full-time. If you do want to make the leap, my biggest lessons are to plan obsessively, save save save save, test doing “full-time effort” on nights and weekends before you quit, understand the unglamorous business side (insurance, taxes, saving aggressively etc), and be honest about whether you actually love creating content itself, not just the topic you’re posting about. Ten years later, I’m still working 6–7 days a week, constantly creating around food and travel, and even though it’s stressful and never really turns off, it fits who I am, and I’m incredibly grateful that this is my life.