I've taken a pledge to donate 10% of my income to effective charities at Giving What We Can [givingwhatwecan.org]. I'd encourage you do the same! For just $3000, you can literally save a child's life! [givewell.org] And for just a single dollar, you can spare animals from ten years in a cage, [rethinkpriorities.org] or save 1400 shrimp from being painfully suffocated in ice. [shrimpwelfareproject.org]