Toughest aspirations?

I think the archeological aspiration is the hardest because you need at least 4-7 days to explore Salvadorado (however you spell it) and if the sim has kids or a job or the parent and a kid have that aspiration, it kind of interferes with the completion of that aspiration. One of my family’s has both the mom and teenage daughter with the aspiration, and when I did try to take them to Salvadorado, a sim-friend of the teen died the very first day and she was sad for a day and a half, and she was just miserable trying to complete tasks; so I tried getting some of mom’s tasks done, well you gotta take into consideration EVERYTHING you need to explore and you have to figure that out with what advice the locals give you, so I was slowed down because I had to keep going back to the market. Then the 2nd day the mom lost a friend, so then both of my Sims were miserable. And I didn’t take into account that even though you’re on vacation, that interferes with the kids schooling...the aspiration can drive you up the wall if you’re unprepared.

"kalaksed;c-16683420" wrote:
party animal is made a bit easier if you put the 'party place' lot trait on a lot. you can miss a few items from the checklist and still get gold (this was the only way to get gold events when things like the '3 sims dance at once' things just...didn't work)

You can form a group with some of the sims at the party, and then use the "dance together" interaction for that one.

Any kind of Fortune aspiration has been hard for me, I don't think I've ever completed one. Children aspirations are also pretty difficult in my opinion, I believe I've only ever completed Rambunctious Scamp and that was just one time.

"NerdySims99;c-16684345" wrote:
Any kind of Fortune aspiration has been hard for me, I don't think I've ever completed one. Children aspirations are also pretty difficult in my opinion, I believe I've only ever completed Rambunctious Scamp and that was just one time.

The children ones are difficult if you never leave your home lot, which can be tough to do if your household has multiple children. I usually make my sims' weekends about achieving those childhood aspirations if I can. It takes time, but I've had sims children complete all four. And I also agree with you that fortune aspirations are difficult, unless you're okay with your sim doing nothing but working and having hobbies that make them money.

I don't find "Artistic Prodigy" to be too bad. Sometimes the "Play with 3 Toys" can be tricky, and I have to keep track of which drawings the kid does when it comes to "complete all the drawings" sub aspiration to ensure they don't do the same one twice by mistake, but apart from that it's not too terrible.

"Lucy_Henley;c-16700382" wrote:
I don't find "Artistic Prodigy" to be too bad. Sometimes the "Play with 3 Toys" can be tricky, and I have to keep track of which drawings the kid does when it comes to "complete all the drawings" sub aspiration to ensure they don't do the same one twice by mistake, but apart from that it's not too terrible.

An easy way to keep track of the drawings is to have the child put them in their inventory, just open the stack to see which drawings have been completed.

"paradiseplanet;c-16682999" wrote:
I've always found doing Party Animal to be such a hassle, needing to throw all these social events all the time and needing all the right items to be able to reach gold on them; it's not like the sims that have this aspiration can afford to have everything for a party! Plus I rarely throw events anyway because of the fact they're such a pain at all. It's simply just not my kind of aspiration to complete I guess, and I leave it uncompleted and avoid it. Honestly I find the ones involving a dying Sim easier.

Me too. I can't make parties work, so I go out of my way to not have them. This is one aspiration I'll never achieve.

The mean and mischievous ones... I just can’t imagine any sim I create being mean or rude to people. Or using people for a laugh.

I think I just came to the realization that I find sims to be far less petty that people are irl....

Any of them that I don't enjoy playing in my game basically. The family ones for instance. It's like pulling teeth for me. The lower levels are okay but I usually lose interest in getting far in those. Never completed them. The Renaissance one too... cause so many jobs. It is easier if you have the trait that starts you off in a career higher though. The Party one also... just cause I don't want to give that many parties.

I think it boils down to what you enjoy doing in the game. I really do. The ones you find hard to do @invisiblgirl are two I can get done pretty quickly .. collector and outdoor enthusiast and I still enjoy doing them. You are right though you need nearly a week in Granite Falls and now you have to time it during Summer for the most part because it's the only time you can get all the plants for sure. I get the collection by completing insects or on a scientist.. so it's usually insects. Next time I'm combining it with fishing because supposedly all the fish that came in different packs count now (Hallelujah!). I'm actually planning another trip to GF in my current play through.. glad I read this thread, good reminder because it's the end of Spring in my current save.