When I'm mentally making a list of all the things I need to do, I imagine a a mouse clicking all the objects in my house and lining up things in the top left corner. It helps me not forget anything!
Example, about to leave the house to go into town.
Click letter. Select pick up and put in bag.
Click sink. Select brush teeth.
Click bag. Select search for keys.
Click mirror. Select style hair for the day.
Click fridge. Select make lunch box.
Click bus stop. Select walk here.
Sigh. Too much sims. I do the moodlets thing too.
Also if I'm talking about something that could be linked to one of the thought bubbles in the Sims, I imagine that pop up sometimes. So if I'm talking about money or banking, I imagine the graph one pop up.
I also imagine wishes appear. E.g. half way through a shift at work I imagine the wish "go home, + 5000".