I must admit that I leave the game running and just watch it far too often. I am rather a 'hands-off' player and enjoy seeing what the autonomy causes, often using it to guide my gameplay... for example if a householder autonomously chats to the same npc/townie sim often, I make them into good friends and start them doing stuff together. A sim who autonomously cooks grilled cheese a lot, I give the grilled cheese aspiration to. A sim who cooks often will become a chef. This is extra fun for the fact that I use the Random Traits on AgeUp mod, meaning that I don't control who has what traits and the autonomy often takes the traits into account.
