Lifestyles from Snowy Escape All Locked

I've been playing for 2 days -- rotating various households -- so in "sim days" I've played probably a total of 12 days split between various families. Several times I've had that message come up saying a sim has reached the maximum lifestyle cap for the day, but everything is simply ghosted out and nothing anywhere shows that anything is unlocked or in progress. I don't really know how this system is supposed to work or how long it should take for a "lifestyle" to develop -- so I don't know if the problem is me or the game! LOL 

But no, nothing in any sims "simology panel" shows anything being unlocked. Nothing shows "hidden". Nothing shows "in progress". Everything just shows "locked". And again, I've checked and "Lifestyles" is clicked in my gameplay options. I really think this would be a fun feature. My game play is really all about the ways in which my sims grow and change and choose how to live their lives. If there's something else I need to do, I'd like to do it!  :)