The Addison Cafe

It’s hard to lose when doing a community giveback project. The people receiving feel blessed by the concern and actions of their community, and the people giving feel great that they can help those in need. Addison Avenue recently launched our first home makeover project in Loveland, Colorado doing just that. It was definitely a win-win situation. I just received footage of the event and thought I would pass it on…it provides some good encouragement during this tougher Holiday Season. Cheers!

Ok, let’s kick this off with a confession: Banking is boring. There. I said it.  I am not going to pretend otherwise. Nobody’s favorite hobby is balancing their checkbook (if it is, please email me…we need to talk). This Blog is NOT here to scream generic catch phrases like “Free Checking!” and “Save More!” all day long.  No, this Blog is here to hopefully do two things: enlighten and entertain.  That’s right, I am going to attempt to break the banking mold. No gaudy suit and tie and well groomed mustaches here (I can’t grow one anyways…I tried). Rather than talk about lame-O products over and over again like a broken record on finances, I am going to address the more interesting side of banking, and the side that is rarely talked about: life application.  Virtually EVERYTHING we do, need, want, or have requires money. I want to discuss how we can get the things we want and do the things we want to do in a relevant way.  For example, some of my friends go on cruises every year. Others can barely afford to go on a camping trip. The sad part is the ones who can’t even go camping make more money then the ones who go on cruises. Why is that?  What do you want to do? How do you want to live? Are you doing it? At 27, I am finally figuring out what I want and sadly realizing that I can’t do some of the things I want to do because of poor choices (like eating WAY too much Burger King…). In short, it’s time to make some changes and start living the way we want to. No excuses. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jonathan Gowins and my whole job is to bring relevance and financial opportunity to our generation. Fun huh? Feel free to email me any thoughts, questions, or suggestions for topics; I am open to anything.  And thanks for reading; more to come soon…