Here's the problem with a to-do list...

I CROSSED it off with a flourish. No, a vehemence. This heat-seeking bullet point had been following me across multiple list-notebooks, bits of paper and random thoughts for too long.

Sorting out receipts may not seem like a moment that will bring pure joy. Indeed, it can bring some pain as I work out that some things are not tax deductible. Underpants don’t pass the Revenue’s “exclusive and wholly” expense test as I would have been wearing them anyway. Though they are holey.

But if you’ve been muttering to yourself “must do them receipts now” as a mantra for weeks on end, through births, deaths and marriages you will appreciate what it’s like to not have to do that again.