My parents, both busy professional people, have trouble finding time for home maintenance.  On weekends they each make a list of things to be done.  Father's list is never completely crossed off, but Mother's always is.  Puzzled, I asked her how she managed that.

"Simple," she answered with a satisfied grin. "I do the chore first, and then I put it on the list and cross it off!"

        Brenda M. Witt

        Reader's Digest

        November 1985, pp. 84