Peaking4 Aug 2025

S3E2: Unlearning the Creative Grind with YouTuber and Artist Gabi Lee

This one finds Jess in her natural habitat: fresh out the shower (FOTS) and in desperate need of alone time. Cozy and turbie twisted, she talks about projecting her need for personal connection onto her partner, and how she is approaching solo hobbies for pure enjoyment. After all, she can't derive everything from reality tv, though stay until the end of the episode for her thoughts on this season of Love Island UK.

Then Jess is joined by Gabi Lee (yes, THEE @tofugoob), a Chicago-based YouTuber, artist, and dancer who Jess had her eye on long before they became friends. Gabi has a refreshing and deeply needed perspective on all things creativity and fulfillment. After 3 years splitting her time between a career as an NBA dancer and a day job as an engineer, Gabi pivoted into art and YouTube, eventually quitting corporate to pursue her passions full-time. She lasted 6 months. Now, Gabi is leaning into the simplicity of a 9-5... a turn of events that Jess is particularly interested in.

This one is for all the high-achieving creative types that care too much what other people think and don't know how to chill. Sound familiar, boo fam?

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~Where to find GABI~

https://www.tofugoob.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@tofugoob

https://www.patreon.com/tofugoob

~Credits/Links~

Edited by meee: ⁠@jzdebakey⁠

Podcasts: ⁠@peakingpodcast⁠ ⁠@not4everyonepod⁠

Logo/Brand Design: ⁠@magiceightstudio⁠

Photography: ⁠@thelocalnomads_⁠

Music: "Have Mercy On Us" by Air Kid

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