boredom

so apparently i get bored easily with my sims and delete entire neighborhoods on a whim.

the family i'm currently working with has a lady who wants to be level 10 in the culinary career track. the guy wants to be popular or something... i don't really remember. but what i really wanted was for him to run a daycare business out of his home. last time i tried this, i only got to the point where i was taking in 4 toddlers. now my guy has progressed to the level where he has some toddlers and a kid who comes after school!

i started my sims out by following a guide i found to optimize their skills. the lady getting to the top of the cooking career was easy. i made her good at cooking and then made her spend every waking hour studying cooking and practicing cooking while at work until it was maxed. then i had her socialize with her coworkers/boss during work hours from there on out. once she was maxed at cooking, i made her start working on writing. i figured it might be a good way to rake in some dough. she made it to level 10 of that pretty quickly as well.

the guy i had be charismatic to help him befriend the kids when he started his daycare job. i maxed him out on charisma in just a week's time, then started him on gardening and logic. i also made him nurturing. this seemed to help a lot, too. after just 2 or 3 days, he got promoted.

the one major downside to my sims working so hard on their skills is that they have not really developed a relationship with each other, despite being married. they both want to have a kid, but whenever i try to make them, they reject their partner. maybe they want kids, just not with each other.

i really really want to get my guy to the top of the daycare career, but i get so bored with doing the same thing. i guess because my real life is all about doing what i do and not wildly changing professions, etc. i don't want my sims to have boring lives!