I'm glad to hear it's not just me!

Does anyone have a virtual "tick" when imagining yourself doing something?

For example if I imagine myself doing something in the future i.e. working in France, I'm always smoking a cigarette in my imagination. Which is weird as I don't and never have smoked. Strangely I have met someone else who does the same thing...

It happens to me with almost anything I invest a good amount of time and/or effort with. If I'm reading a lot about a certain historical period, I'll start to notice things either about that time period, or inspired by it. If I've watched a more than one movie (or just one movie that I really get into) about something, I'll start to notice things directly or indirectly related to what was going on in that movie.