What do you do in The Sims that you really need to stop doing, but keep coming back to?

Most of these I'm guilty of too. My main problem is traits, there are some I can't seem to do without like, Loves Outdoors, Creative, neat, all nicey, nicey sims and can be boring, but I do it over and over...gah! But there are just some traits I've tried and hated, active? I have to fight them tooth and nail to keep them from exercising just not worth it. I need to get my sims out of Utopia and start mistreating them, lol. Too often they are very happy, I even had a sim jump up and kick his heels together...I knew then I'd have to change up my playing. :#