I paid a fortune for a mistake that I had made earlier on in the year, and promptly went into mourning by buying 2 DVDs, 1 CD and 4 books. The damage counter then went up to a quarter of my monthly salary. I know, it was silly of me for having done so, but I delight in the spurious and illogical. So there.
We really excel in making excuses, don't we! There's always a reason to justify our actions, or the outcome of our actions. It makes the world shiny white and bright. It makes us saintly virtuous and right.
And we live on - erasing chalk from board, adding numbers to the score, opening closed doors (or closing open doors).