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

Two sims in the same room on computers, one starts talking to the other repeatedly even after stopping them, they are back at it 45 sim minutes later, it happens like clockwork without fail.
Same with a sim cooking with the inspired trait, someone comes up and distracts them.

in both occasions it slow any progress they make on their own projects to a crawl.

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. :#

Building extensive living and activity areas in the basement because I don't feel like making or getting a larger house to have these areas above ground.

Or maybe I'm a bunkerphile idk.