The ability to tell fact from fiction is an important skill to have.

It allows you to set boundaries on what is real and what is not, allows you to see windfalls or shortfalls.
Of course it is ridiculous to expect anyone to just pick up the skill overnight and become a clairvoyant but it is important to keep a mental note.

Far from being a mental note this is more akin to a note to myself so I have something to refer to when the one year lag occurs once again.

Plus it allows me to show off pretty pictures of something I love.