I play a very large rotation a lot of different families. Sometimes I will take a break for a few days and think about what I want to do about my families/ roommates. Do you have a painter that you send around all of the towns painting pictures that he can sell? the sketch pad probably makes it even easier now. Also a photographer can do the same thing I cheated and gave my photographer a yacht he lives on ( downloaded from the gallery), it is by the water in Newcrest. And, he owns a camera shop in Oasis Springs, also downloaded from the gallery. It can be fun looking for spots to paint or to take photographs. I have one sim that makes periodic trips to the ruin pool in Windenburg to see if she can find Emily to take a picture of.... hasn’t found her yet. How about creating some interesting and different clubs? My criminals have a club where they meet at the solar lounge and play cards and drink, one has a jealous wife, whenever he goes anywhere she starts getting panic attacks.... lol. One is a single father.... that shouts forbidden words, I have a gypsy family with lots of kids that live in a caravan with a big tent under it. The Caravan only has one bedroom where the parents and baby sleep, one bathroom. And a couple of bushes. They live off the land ( no jobs) which has gotten more difficult because not all of their plants produce each season now. The Father and teenage son fish, they live in that lot in Windenburg with that little pond with a little wooden pier. The mother paints and always seems to be cooking. They have a lot of that movie stuff Bohemian furniture. The whole family goes off to dig and collect what they can to pay bills. I bought the father a work bench, so he can start to make things to sell. The teenage son is now going through a phase where he doesn’t want to be around the family.... lol. I love the active careers. I have gotten a scientist, detective and doctor to level 10 now. My collector sim still has many things left to find... there are still several insects she hasn’t found. And, I haven’t gotten into the real jungle yet. Just do something different, something that makes you laugh..... the parenting pack makes me laugh.... I still have problems trying to control children to come out like I want. I have aging off most of the time in my main game. I just have fun with the game and I don’t use custom content or mods.
