Lastly, I'm starting to explore the other packs a lot more. There is a lot of stuff that I have yet to do in this game so I'm making it a point to try out other things besides having families.
That's exactly what I've started to do when things got a bit dull. I've played with my main family for almost nine months before I decided it was time for them to have a baby so I could explore family gameplay a bit since I had never done that before. I'm also trying to make good use of the packs not just in terms of CaS and build/buy, but also gameplay. So I have one Sim who's a chef and has a side hustle selling home-cooked food at her foodstall; I have set up various clubs for my Sims, I send them on dates, make them go bowling, have set up new holidays for them, let them throw parties and events, send them skiing or to Sulani for some sunbathing... and I'm trying to place a household in every world so I can dive a little deeper in that respective world's gameplay and mood. In short, I explore more, and I found that exploration can lead to a ton of new ideas for storylines.
I've also started to play around with traits more, I've created Sim couples that are not compatible at all simply because I wanna see what comes from it (very likely, two divorces in the near future), and while I made sure my first three teens did very well in college, I figured the current one from a different family isn't such an eager beaver and doesn't give a toss about taking those violin classes he needs for his degree. So I let him fall asleep during his final lecture, and he promptly failed that class even though he had done the paper and all the homework.
It's really little things like these that keep the game interesting and fresh, and one reason why I play on rotation is I find it a lot easier to explore all the possibilities with different Sims.
