figure 11.7 The guy on the right looks like he’ll need some retirement funds! Old age is so distant that goals such as saving for retirement usually are not very motivating. But they become more motivating if you can see yourself in the future. Researchers digitized regular photos (left, above) to create either present-day self (middle) or future-self (right) images. Participants who saw their future self hypothetically allocated more money to a retirement fund.