I liked collecting
postcards because it fit the personality of my outgoing YA sim and it was fun to decorate a bulletin board in her bedroom with them.
I liked collecting
snowglobes just because I think the snowglobes in the game are so cute. I had a mom collect them to decorate her kids' room with.
I had a female sim who did not like girly things, including clothes or hobbies, so I had her be a
rock collector. I liked it because she would go on outings with her friends to collect, and it also gave her an activity to do in her room when she examined them later. She would also stop to socialize with her friends on the outings, so it was a productive time in both building friendships and doing the hobby. I got some pretty good screenshots from the places she went to collect, too. It got me to explore places I normally wouldn't go to.
I like using hobbies in general to help define or shape a sim's personality.
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