@deewraynged Honestly, this is the first time in a loooong time that I have played this long. I, too, usually give up and get bored. I think part of what @CathyTea wrote rings true for me, too--but differently. I'm a bit younger and I find the struggle my Sims go through to be entirely understandable. Plus, I love to write and having a blog that I know is being read and needs updating is motivation to keep going. Generation 4 was dull for me. I didn't love my Sims towards the end there and I wrote less frequently. When I jumped back in and Generation 5 made its way, I fell back in love. It happens. I think a huge part of it is looking at my family tree and seeing where I started as compared to where I'm at now....
Like I said before, you have to find you in it all and it will happen from there.