You’ll think I’m crazy, and you won’t be the first. But I enjoy doing my taxes every year. I like watching all the numbers coming together, and it gives me a sense of accomplishment when I’ve not just finished the taxes themselves, but ended off the year with a nice balance sheet and all my financial papers neatly filed.

This madness started young. When I was a teenager, I begged my Dad to let me help him with the taxes, and at 18, when my 21-year-old boyfriend groaned about doing his, I eagerly offered to do them for him. Sadly, he was just using an EZ form. Where’s the fun in that?