I also suffer (?) from Restartitis. I have over 20 saves currently, even though I've tried to consolidate them, by moving sims from different saves into one. And then delete the saves I moved sims from. Didn't help! There are just some saves I don't want to "break up" and move sims out of. And then suddenly I get an idea, or read about something, and there I go again with a new save :D
I frequently sit on "load save" and try to decide which one to play. Flip through them and can't decide, then ending up with the one I played last time, because they actually have something going on, or its one of my 2 legacies. I just feel I shouldn't start the game without having an idea of what to actually DO, and what save to load.
As for rotational? In TS3 I never played more than one family per save. I micromanage and control basically everything my sims do. I don't care for the stupid choices THEY make. In TS4, I've learned to let go, and not worry too much. They can't do anything really "serious" when I'm not looking. They might meet some new sims, but that's easily fixed with MCCC (if they don't get a proper introduction, I delete relationship, also when I'm actually playing them) or pick up a skill or two. I'll probably work on those skills eventually anyway. Now, if they started to get new jobs or even GET a job when I want them not to have one, that's something else. Or if they found a partner without my approval...then all Hades breaks loose. But yeah, still learning to let go and play more relaxed.
