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Developing the Good Stuff


Vacations, Jelly Stains, and 49 Meetings
When I sat down to write today, I figured it had been a month—maybe six weeks—since my last post. Nope. Three months. To the day....

Christy Jacobson
Aug 20, 2025


High-Fives and Habitual Encouragement
(aka: Why You Should Cheer People On Even When They Miss the Shot) Sports are a big part of our lives: volleyball, basketball, track....

Christy Jacobson
May 20, 2025


Rope Burns & Real Growth
A number of years ago, in the heat of August, I started exercising regularly for the first time in my adult life. I wasn’t chasing a...

Christy Jacobson
Apr 16, 2025


Floating, Finding, Growing: A Career Journey Revisited
Eight years ago, I wrote an article called A Place to Grow: Finding my way through 19 jobs for my employer at the time and reposted it...

Christy Jacobson
Mar 18, 2025


Balancing Relationships and Results: The Key to Small Business Success
"You are so blunt sometimes, Christy." These words were said to me years ago at work in a half-joking, half-serious way after I had...

Christy Jacobson
Mar 6, 2025


Welcome to the First Edition of Developing the Good Stuff
Hi! I’m Christy - a small business owner, HR consultant, and someone constantly balancing life, work, and everything in between. I can’t...

Christy Jacobson
Mar 3, 2025
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