There's a rule in Game Plan: the person who says the task can't write it down. Your partner holds the pen. Here's what happened when my husband and I used it to get through two weeks of back-to-school prep — twenty-one tasks, one very uneven split, and one dog who never did get groomed.

A plastic cockroach in my purse, a note by the forks — how my husband's pranks became our tradition, and the science of why humor keeps couples and teamsHandwritten "You're Amazing" note with a small red heart, tucked among forks and spoons in a wooden silverware drawer.

Four kids, eight shoes, and one chaotic school morning. How my husband and I finally split the morning routine so it actually works. It only took ten years.