I’m REALLY bad at doing this: I’ll leave my apartment and then think “Did I turn the stove off?”
I’d rather not burn my house down (or drive my power bill up), so I’ll always go back and check and make sure the burner is off. Aside from a handful of times where I did leave a burner on, it’s always off…
The person who wrote this article says “Before leaving the house, take a photo of your stove and oven dials—or your thermostat, or your iron, or anything else you worry about accidentally leaving on. If your brain starts to play the ‘Did I really turn it off’ game, you can simply tap your photo app and see for yourself.”.
This could be for anything; hair straightener, toaster, even the T.V. if you’re bad at “second guessing”.