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

My interest in sims ebbs and flows. Some months I'll binge play for hours and hours. Others I don't even so much as look at the icon. When I do want to play but I'm a little stuck on ideas I try to explore something I haven't done before. I have one family opening a Floral Arrangement and Herbal Potion store which, assuming I get it nicely stocked, should be a interesting resource for my other rotational families.