Start a karma jar

This is inspired by http://5050.gd/projects/the-karma-equalizer. The idea is simple: we all mess up. No matter how strenuously we try to avoid exploiting, hurting or screwing over others, some exploiting/hurting/screwing over is inevitable. One way to make such mess-ups productive and less guilt-inducing is by setting aside a jar whose contents will go to charity. Every time you do something slightly evil, put some money in the jar. Done something really bad? Throw in some bills instead of coins. Who says feelings can't be monetized?


Effort involved: most of the effort is just remembering to add money following a screw-up. Watching money disappear from your wallet into this jar could be a good incentive to reduce these screw-ups. But since the money will be going to a good cause anyway, it's a win-win. Be a jerk, give money away/be a nicebody, keep your cash.

Image from: http://www.happyplace.com/10430/the-most-enjoyably-cantankerous-notes-ever-posted-in-the-workplace