I've had times where I get a bit bored with the gameplay so I'll spend time creating sims or in build mode creating and modifying lots. That's the beauty of this game, if one aspect becomes boring I have other things I can do that keep my interest. I always feel like there's something to do. I used to play a lot of games until I really got into TS3 and I've been pretty much Sims only ever since. When I really want to do something other than the Sims I like to browse through the Apple App Store and pickup free games, little time wasters.