If you lost interest in the game, what did you do to develop interest in it again?

I've started making shops in New Crest. I want my sims to shop instead of using buy, so I'm making specialized shops for each category. I plan to make a toy shop and an Electronics store next. If I have enough room, I plan to use the final spots for restaurants and the largest for a park, pool, and wishing well spot.

The idea of buying stuff and giving it as gifts is one of the things I'm thinking about, plus my sims shopping. :)

If only they would add farming, university, and a Grim/ghost/cemetery/wills/afterlife packs, we would have a bunch of opportunities.