It’s been a minute. Truthfully, just been hard to come up with any complete thoughts. Nothing crazy has been going on…. actually, that’s isn’t really true. I figured it would be a good time for a bit of a life update. What do I even do for a living these days? Glad you asked and, you are right, I don’t talk much about my current job. Since 2018, my wife Jenni and I have lead a real estate team (creatively called The Duncan Group). Jenni has been in the business since 2013 or so and I got in when we…
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Welcome to 2023. I hope it is a year filled with more than just resolutions. Change if you need it. A constant. Something new… I wanted to do a bit of housekeeping today. I have added two new pages to this site: Media + Press and Reading List. The Media + Press page is actually a journal (maybe mostly for me) that keeps track of opportunities I (and my businesses) have had to share our story with the wider public. I am still working on getting this list filled out and I hope that there are more opportunities for me…
Leave a Comment“We see who you are, and care about how you are. We embrace and embody your hopes, dreams and commitments. We will hold you in high regard and desire deeply that you live and grow to your heart’s content. In short, we are with you.” -City Home Collective Can I talk a bit openly about real estate for a few minutes (and no, this isn’t me trying to Realtor you to death or sell you a house or get you on a mailing list.. I promise)? Probably too openly but, for the good or bad / right or wrong, that…
Leave a CommentOver the past handful of months (maybe a year or two even) there have been a few folks showing up to speak in front of Edmond City Council. They call themselves “We The People.” It was crazy the first few times I listened to what they had to say but now? Wild. “CONCLUSION: The regime is a political progressive WOKE advocating and embracing your radical ideology all without consent and knowledge of the citizens you are supposed to represent. This is Council TYRANNY.” We The People, Position Paper submitted to City Council as quoted in a Letter to the Editor…
Leave a CommentHey friends. It’s me. Jason. It has been a LONG struggle to figure out how to get that dumb SSL Certificate re-installed so that this site would load and I finally get it done. Finally. You remember when “blogs” used to be easy? You know, you’d jump over to Blogspot or something and post away?? Yeah – that is not how it works now. Anyway, happy to have it up and running and I’m sure you both are ready to hear more from my rambling mind. Tons has happened since I last wrote and I’m trying to get some posts…
2 CommentsIt was late 2011 when we made the drive from Automobile Ally in Downtown Oklahoma City to Downtown Edmond – a drive that I knew was going to be such a waste of time. When we got into town, it was late in the afternoon and things were already shutting down for the day (maybe 4:30p or so?). Cool buildings and potential all over the place but no real life – at least not the street life we were hoping for. Let me tell you something – that is not the case anymore. I am sure you have heard about…
Leave a CommentCan we go WAY back – like 20 years ago back – for a minute? Before the coffee. Before the business stuff and mindset focus and city planning and community advocating. Back to a time when I played soccer and the piano. That far back…. I joined a few friends and played some music. I used to always tell people that we had a band and, finally, after a few years, we decided to make it official. We called this band Pattington. I have no idea why we spelled it that way or what it really stood for but –…
Leave a Comment“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done” No one really knows where this quote came from. For a long time, people pinned it to Thomas Jefferson but studies have never found any proof of that. I had never heard this quote before my high school days and it will be ingrained in my DNA until I die. It seems like everyday that goes by, I get brought back to this quote and that there is more to unpack each day. My high school soccer coach, Coach Rose, brought this to…
1 CommentI’ve been thinking a lot lately about community. This term gets thrown around all over the place. But what is it? Where does it come from? What does it look like? After a quick google search, here are a couple of definitions I found for “community:” a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. These are the two that I most often associate with when using the term community I think. Maybe it is the COVID…
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