Do you only do one aspiration at a time?

I have a main one in mind for each of them, but if there's anything holding them up, I switch to another in the meanwhile. The two fortune ones can be switched once in a while to scoop up points accrued, and if anyone's asked on a date, I switch their aspiration to a romance one. The first level of the fitness one can be switched to for a while, at the weekend, or whenever there's a chance to pump iron.

"Stormkeep;c-18039515" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-18039512" wrote:
I like your approach as well. I never thought of doing it that way.

You're an old-school simmer, I assume? We were conditioned in TS2 and TS3 to only be able to do one aspiration/lifetime wish at a time.

Yup. ? Been Simming since day one.

I do one at a time. At one point I kept switching aspirations, but I think it creates a welcomed challenge and adds to the character of the sim when I stick to just one. I will change it though if I feel the aspiration no longer matches my sim's goals. Aspirations are a big part of who my sims are.

I either ignore aspirations completely because I'm too busy with my own storyline, or I switch between a few different aspirations that fit the story I'm playing. For example, I've got a couple sims working on the Strangerville mystery, but I only activate that aspiration while they're actually working on it. At other times they each have a couple different aspirations they can work on at home. And while they were on vacation in Granite Falls, I switched them to the "outdoor enthusiast" aspiration to represent the idea that they were getting away from their ordinary lives while they were on vacation.

I love that we are able to do that in Sims 4. It makes sense to me because most people in real life aren't single-mindedly focused on accomplishing only one thing at a time, so sims changing their goals in different situations, and then coming back around to old goals later, makes them seem more real to me. And, because I play with aging turned off, I like to take a really long time to actually accomplish the aspirations. If I do one aspiration at a time, it gets completed way too quickly.

I tend to switch between them constantly when I want the points, otherwise I don't really bother with them.

When creating a sim I choose an aspiration based on the bonus trait it comes with, and then will often change the aspiration once I begin playing with them to something more character appropriate, or with an aspiration reward I want for my sim.

In terms of collecting aspiration points, aspirations are ok but it’s way easier to have a couple pets as you can “feel the love” and collect a ton of points this way.

"musteni;c-18039526" wrote:
I do one at a time. At one point I kept switching aspirations, but I think it creates a welcomed challenge and adds to the character of the sim when I stick to just one. I will change it though if I feel the aspiration no longer matches my sim's goals. Aspirations are a big part of who my sims are.

i might try to do just one sometime

Nay, I actually like to give my sims selected Aspirations by using the cheats. :p

"musteni;c-18039526" wrote:
Aspirations are a big part of who my sims are.

I'd argue that this is a good argument for NOT limiting them to just one. A person with only a singular goal/aspiration and no other goals and aspirations is one-dimensional. That limit was one of the largest shortcomings in TS2 and TS3 in terms of helping sims feel alive, imo.

I've been trying to remember to switch them out recently - I didn't know they could be switched for the longest time.