These days I spend no more than 2 or 3 hours a week in CAS or tinkering at builds which I find very enjoyable.
I haven’t been able to invest in a lot of story play lately - it takes me all day - and I can’t afford this right now due to a busy schedule. With me it’s either all or nothing when it comes to Sims live mode.
I did get to play a few older RPGs last week because I don’t need to be creative with those. I find it much easier to stop following an existing story that requires me to shoot a heap of monsters -unfortunately it’s fun- than to quit a game in which I can build my own world with stories and characters. In an ideal world I would be given a lifetime solely dedicated to life simulation… ?