Do you enjoy "LONG" lifespan?

I feel the same way as so many others in this thread - Normal is too short to accomplish everything I want to do for my household. I usually play Legacy style games and often have to start with an easy aspiration that I know I can accomplish between YA - Elder, since I won't have their childhood and adolescence to give them an extra boost. I recently chose the Long lifespan to test out Get Famous and make sure I had time to complete all my Sim's gigs and such and actually complete their aspiration... So far I have completed THREE aspirations for her since Young Adulthood, and she is halfway through regular Adulthood... She has a husband and two kids - and I must say, toddlers are toddlers for way too long. I maxed out both kids toddler skills halfway through that phase. I maxed out the older daughter's skills, she's been an A student and does her homework and extra credit autonomously, has three out of five character values maxed (although that could change obviously), has earned all her badges for Scouts, and is on her third aspiration - All this and still seven Sim days left to go until she ages up to a teen. Honestly with the other daughter I'm kind of like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I am not typically one to compare TS4 to any previous game, but I did really love in TS3 that you could set your own lifespan if you didn't like the preset options. I kind of wish that could be implemented back into the game, or at LEAST an in-between from what we've got now.

So to actually answer your question, I think if you enjoy getting everything done in your Sim's life and then some, long lifespan it up! But if you just want to move on to the next quickly, just stick with Normal and maybe make some time to just go to a couple of those parties... let that virtual life live a little ;)