How to Make Utterly Painless Blog Donations

How many of you get those one-time Visas or Mastercards for birthday and Christmas presents? It’s not long before you find your wallet or desk drawer awash in those cards that have just small dribbles of cash left on the balance.

You know what I mean: Aunt Mildred gives you a $25 gift card and you spend $21.82 at the mall. What are you going to do with the remaining $3.18? That’ll get you laughed out of Starbucks. Hooted off of eBay. Waltzed out of Wal-Mart.

It finally dawned on me today that I don’t have to guiltily skulk by the “donate, please!” buttons on my favorite blogs and free software websites. When I’ve got a few bucks left on a gift card, I’m going to use these sad little dollar amounts to put a drop in the bucket. Now, some of my blog faves may be wondering why $6.55 and $3.18 are showing up as oddly precise miniature donations, but that’s okay. It feels great.

What are you doing with your too-little-to-use charge card balances?

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