Instant karma is simply part of my life. If I do something wrong or stupid, the consequences are fairly immediate. That’s just the way it’s been for my entire life. I ditched school once in high school. Me and a buddy decided to stay inside the air conditioning all day and play video games. I had the whole thing worked out. But of course, I got caught as soon as I came home that day because I didn’t plan my lie as well as I thought I had. This paradigm holds true when I do dumb stuff too. Like trying to fix the HVAC equipment. That’s right, I thought it would be a good idea if I simply tried to fix our furnace and save on an HVAC service call. I thought, what could go wrong if I just have a look? What went wrong was I found a burned out switch and replaced it. The furnace roared back to life and the house was nice an cozy. I was a hero in my own mind. That lasted about 4 days. Then the furnace basically shut down for good. The part I used wasn’t a factory original part and that led to some sort of catastrophic sequence that ultimately destroyed the furnace. Not only that but by working on the HVAC myself and using the wrong part, I voided the warranty. So not only did I have to replace the 4 year old furnace, I had to pay for it out of my own pocket because I voided the warranty.