#479: SPOTLIGHT: Steph Jacobs

#479: Steph Jacobs 

October 27, 2026

A Backbeat of Community

Question for Steph: 

What did you discover in a pause you might once have considered unproductive? What unexpected gift came from giving yourself permission to stay there?

Steph's Response: 

After decades spent trying to optimize, prioritize, and synchronize, I’m finally getting good at doing nothing. 

It marks me as a person of a certain age, privilege, and mindset—someone who has come to believe that this stage of life is best experienced at slow speed rather than warp drive.

Of course, it helps to have a bench and a vista. Mine sits at the end of my street. 

Sometimes I’m joined by an octogenarian neighbor; sometimes by a tourist; sometimes by no one at all. 

What we share is a deep appreciation for the timelessness of the ocean—and for the chance to pause, if only briefly, from the quotidian to-do list.

The view from the bench: