We can't count the number of times we've merrily left the house only to be struck an hour or two later with the sudden thought, "Did the oven get turned off?" The worry that we left it on plagues us until we finally get home and dash to the kitchen to find...yup. We did! Here are a few tricks to help us all stop fretting!
This worry about leaving the stove or oven on is largely unmerited. It's just that it's so automatic to turn the oven off after cooking that we hardly realize we're doing it. And then we can't remember later if we've actually done it or not!
The key is to take a moment to really notice what we're doing. Try one (or all!) of these things as you're turning off the stove or oven: