picturing

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But picturing your future self—and mentally “traveling back” to who you are now—has been shown to increase savings behavior, according to a 2024 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

That’s what I was doing my whole childhood — picturing myself onstage in front of people, entertaining them but also entertaining myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Stop picturing a standard vending machine with rotating coils and falling snacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

And I’m picturing Mexico’s Ana Victoria Espino De Santiago, 26, who, last year, became the first lawyer with Down Syndrome.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025

I keep picturing his face as we drive home.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman