How do you feel about needs management?

I enjoy needs decay for the layer of realism it adds to my story-heavy playstyle, just like skills. If my cop sims spot a criminal and charge at them, without needs decay that would an exercise in routing only. With needs decay my sim might waste time to perform a hunger idle and thus lose the suspect. (That isn't playing the active career, but while playing my story. In the career there is no need to give chase.) Or a tired sim might snap at the CEO during a promotion interview.

The only need I sort of cheat is Energy. I use a power nap mod to refresh my sims when it feel appropriate. However, that habit is very hard to let go, so whenever I play a gameplay challenge, I have to go through a day or two of adjusting.