Developmental psychologists have rarely explored the retrospective memories and prospective hopes that each of us brings to life when we think about our own pasts and future deeds. Instead, developmental psychologists have preferred to study abstract performances, attitudes, or behaviors that, more likely than not, are of little concern to the individual who is constantly reviewing his or her own growth of activities, change of situations, and plans for tomorrow. Developmental psychologists have failed to recognize that most objectified performances and products are experientially empty for the individual. They disregarded that any individual, here and now, lives with these experiences at all times, caring little about his or her performance and behavior unless they are understood within the context of the experienced past.