I change aspirations as I go. I might keep in mind that I want to be a World-Famous Celebrity, but when I go out to a club I switch to Friend of the World. I pop over into Bodybuilder whenever I work out, visit the gym just to tick something off, and end up getting a few aspirations done on the way to the one I originally chose.
Since I do bits and pieces of most of the aspirations I don't finish them all, but if I decide to change directions, I've already got say, the first level of Collector finished, so it's easy to pick up and make it my main aspiration.
It depends on the sim - some of them don't feel like they need anything more, some take their whole lives to finish a single one (like some of the family ones, or City Native if you're not really focusing on it). Otherwise I just pick whatever seems like what they do next. I often forget to change between them on the fly (although that is a great option!) but sometimes, particularly when a sim is very long-lived (like a vampire) I take a few minutes and switch between all of the unfinished ones to hoover up stray points the sim might have earned along the way.
I also tend to not buy that many rewards. Especially not the really powerful ones. So I can have tens of thousands of points since I not only play on long Lifespan but also pause aging when going to university for example.
I've also found that if you're playing generatonally, once one generation has completed Mansion Barron, the game will often fill it in automatically for the later ones in the same house (unless you've had to sell some of the artwork.)
Like lots of others, I usually pick a new one unless the sim is very old and 'done' with all I want them to achieve in life. I do like completing multiple aspirations, especially ones from the same sub category in CAS. E.g. once my gardener completes her botanist aspiration, it's fun to move on to the herbalist or collector aspirations as they're so similar.
0. The Club Leader one (can't remember the name) if a child or teen in the beginning
1. Life Goal fitting that specific Sim
2. Soulmate or Body Builder depending on the Sim and life situation
3. same as 2.
4. Either not picking any more OR a family one like "Successful lineage".
Rewards:
Gym Rat, Heat Acclimation, A career one, maybe Frugal and then maybe something that fits the Sim like "Never embarrassed" or "Storm Chaser" or something. I never get the ones that makes the Sim completely immune to something, that's not fun. Would never dream of picking a "Never sleep" or "Never eat" or whatever kind of reward.
Most of the time, my Sims finish their aspirations accidentally or by chance, depending on what it is, of course.
I just pick them according to their personality, mainly to get the trait, and then don't really do anything with them. So if it gets completed, it typically just gets left there.
0. The Club Leader one (can't remember the name) if a child or teen in the beginning
1. Life Goal fitting that specific Sim
2. Soulmate or Body Builder depending on the Sim and life situation
3. same as 2.
4. Either not picking any more OR a family one like "Successful lineage".
Rewards:
Gym Rat, Heat Acclimation, A career one, maybe Frugal and then maybe something that fits the Sim like "Never embarrassed" or "Storm Chaser" or something. I never get the ones that makes the Sim completely immune to something, that's not fun. Would never dream of picking a "Never sleep" or "Never eat" or whatever kind of reward.
I'm not into playing for a challenge, but without any needs to fulfill, it really does get boring. I find the 'seldom weary' and 'independent' rewards useful - they still need sleep and some social, but less. 'Gym Rat' is one of my first picks, since they sometimes get too stinky to finish a workout. And 'waterproof', but only to save myself the annoyance of umbrellas.
The only 'never' I sometimes choose is the bladder need, and then only if I have a Sim that is spending a lot of time fishing or collecting. If we had a portable toilet, I'd use it instead. (It would be nice if they could pack the pee bush into their inventory - they can carry around a tent, campfire, cooler, chairs and an easel, so a pee bush isn't totally ridiculous.)
pick a new one, usually at random--or somewhat at random. Like, I'll veto if it's TOTALLY wrong for them, but generally I just use a random number generator and keep playing. Most of my sims manage to complete at least two aspirations before they die, and my 100 baby challenge founder completed, like, 10 lol.
I love that in 4 you are able to do more than one aspiration, I try to complete all of the ones I can or want. It's a great feature to be able to, bc in 3 you could only do one.
I pick a new one. I usually complete four or five before I quit and start a new game.
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I rarely play with aspirations as I find the idea of completing the same goals over and over too repetitive. I preferred the lifetime wishes that we had in TS3.
I juggle aspirations as I go. I don't really them as the end goals anymore. If anything, I make my own aspirations which may include in-game aspirations as milestones.
I think I never finished an aspiration in The Sims 4, cause it just doesn't interest me. It means nothing in this game. The game is already way too easy, so finishing this would make my sims what.. have a bunch of points to buy rewards that i really don't need. I first need more challenges and struggles in this game, so that completing the aspiration will truly feel like a reward to something that I felt i and my sim deserved.
There is nothing special about completing one.
I pick a new one. Most of my sims finish most of the aspirations. When one is done, I go for one that will fit what skills/career they are going for. I have a very few sims that have done 30+ skills, 10-12+ aspirations/careers. Currently working on one sim to at least TRY to do everything, I dunno, SuperSim, I suppose?
I never do the mischief ones, hardly ever the family oriented aspirations. Probably some others I don't currently remember. For children, I never do the Social Butterfly. I just think its too much hassle, my tots/children hardly have contact with other sims than their family.
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Since I do bits and pieces of most of the aspirations I don't finish them all, but if I decide to change directions, I've already got say, the first level of Collector finished, so it's easy to pick up and make it my main aspiration.
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0. The Club Leader one (can't remember the name) if a child or teen in the beginning
1. Life Goal fitting that specific Sim
2. Soulmate or Body Builder depending on the Sim and life situation
3. same as 2.
4. Either not picking any more OR a family one like "Successful lineage".
Rewards:
Gym Rat, Heat Acclimation, A career one, maybe Frugal and then maybe something that fits the Sim like "Never embarrassed" or "Storm Chaser" or something. I never get the ones that makes the Sim completely immune to something, that's not fun. Would never dream of picking a "Never sleep" or "Never eat" or whatever kind of reward.
I just pick them according to their personality, mainly to get the trait, and then don't really do anything with them. So if it gets completed, it typically just gets left there.
I'm not into playing for a challenge, but without any needs to fulfill, it really does get boring. I find the 'seldom weary' and 'independent' rewards useful - they still need sleep and some social, but less. 'Gym Rat' is one of my first picks, since they sometimes get too stinky to finish a workout. And 'waterproof', but only to save myself the annoyance of umbrellas.
The only 'never' I sometimes choose is the bladder need, and then only if I have a Sim that is spending a lot of time fishing or collecting. If we had a portable toilet, I'd use it instead. (It would be nice if they could pack the pee bush into their inventory - they can carry around a tent, campfire, cooler, chairs and an easel, so a pee bush isn't totally ridiculous.)
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If anything, I make my own aspirations which may include in-game aspirations as milestones.
There is nothing special about completing one.
I never do the mischief ones, hardly ever the family oriented aspirations. Probably some others I don't currently remember. For children, I never do the Social Butterfly. I just think its too much hassle, my tots/children hardly have contact with other sims than their family.
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