How do y'all play Sims 4

I generally play normal neighborhoods with no occults, and a high degree of soap opera antics.   I do a lot of storytelling, and often political dramas will rise.  I was a builder when I was younger, but these days I'm more prone to just using premades or stuff from the gallery.   I'm prone to constant restarts, a habit from The Sims 2:  I would frequently replace my Pleasantview neighborhood with the default template to start anew.  On that note,  I grew up when Maxis games were very integrated  -- Sims from The Sims 1 could be ported into SimCity 4, SimCity 4 maps could create The Sims 2 neighborhoods, that kind of thing -- and I like doing that with characters.   So, I  often create the petitioners and advisors from SimCity 3000 and use them to populate my TS2/4 games (haven't tried it in TS1 legacy editio nyet),   or bring in Sims from different games. For instance,   in The Sims 3 I made a version of the Pleasant twins, in The Sims 2 I made Claire charming, in The Sims 4 I remade all of the base The Sims 1 sims, that sort of things.   I always have a self-sim in the game: sometimes I let them have a family,  but generally they're just there.