Every year I get stressed during the holidays: between finding the right gift, worrying about paying for everything, and trying not become a zombie by working too much overtime at the firehouse - I think my family is half expecting me to yell "Bah Humbug!" at any point.

This year, now that I've survived the holiday season - I want to do something different and try to make the world a tiny little bit better than it was in 2011. I don't know if you would call it a New Year's resolution or just a crazy idea, but after seeing how crazy all of us get over trying to stampede Black Friday sales or find a parking spot at the mall - I can't imagine having to go through all of that every day just to get drinking water.

So, if I can find 250 people to donate $20 - we will have raised enough money for a fresh water well in the developing world. That's raising $5,000 for helping people drink clean water. No catch to it, no hidden money getting funneled anywhere other than to do some good - and make the world a slightly better place.

Call me crazy, but if a bunch of us do this - and keep doing it - maybe the world will seem a little less screwed up and my son will grow up to see the good that even a few people can do. If we can do this, and I think we can - 18 months after we reach our goal, charity: water will even show us the results of the well we will have funded and built... so someone, somewhere else will experience the impact a group of us can have on their world.

Call me crazy, but it seems like the right idea for a New Year.