How many generations has your family gone through?

"Simmertwinsss;c-16774197" wrote:
i really struggle with making it to the 3rd generation, i get bored so easily, any tips on how to stay occupied with each generation?

1) I keep a list of events I want to do with my current family and things I'm thinking about incorporating into future families, so that helps me stay focused. For example, I might want them to go fishing, or I might want to stage something that looks like trick or treating. A future idea I have is to have a sim that is a little person (I have a height slider mod).

2) I don't try to hit every holiday or life event for every single generation. Like, for one generation I'll really put a lot of effort into staging their high school graduation, but for the next I'll do something different, like maybe concentrate on prom.

3) Sometimes I want to speed things along, so I might skip the pregnancy and toddler stages and just create a child in CAS so I can start playing.

4) I usually have some plan for my heir, so like for my current one, I knew I wanted her to be a veterinarian, and I never played a vet before, so that made it more fun. For my upcoming heir, I want her to be famous, so I'll get the GF pack and play her with that. Each generation has something new for me to explore.

5) I slowly add new commercial buildings with each generation so that my sims have some fun, new location to visit, and it seems realistic as irl towns grow and change over time. I use Newcrest as an offshoot of San Myshuno, and I use Magnolia Promenade as an offshoot of Willow Creek so I can squeeze more buildings in.

6) I sometimes create new families to come in and interact or marry into my existing families, so that satisfies my need to create new families. It all bends together.

7) I take screenshots and put their stories together in a blog, which makes me want to keep going with the story.

I hope you can use some of these ideas. Happy simming!