I have been enjoying my recent foray back into the Sims collection of games with the release of Sims 3 and I’d like to share a few things that I’ve learned from the Sim version of myself.

1.   Relationships don’t just happen you need to work on them. Much like my digital simulacrum, the preference to sit and read a book or maybe play a bit on the computer overrides the need to foster any kind of relationship with “the outside world”. It takes quite a bit of effort to extricate ourselves from our comfort zone to engage in interpersonal activities, but it can be and should be done. The exception of course being our wives since we’re both blessed with the Hopeless Romantic trait and their close proximity to our couches makes it easy to keep that relationship going strong.

2.   Wiring speakers all over the house to the stereo in the living room is only good when everyone enjoys the same music and share the same sleep schedule. Especially if its in simlish.

3.   It’s a long and hard road to fulfill your dreams. I tend to have a very definite set of goals and desires I’d like to see come to fruition in my lifetime. Unfortunately, the priority level of those goals changes day-to-day (sometimes hour-to-hour) which ultimately prevents me from accomplishing much of anything on any one specific task. Whether its clean the house, gain a level or read the next chapter things always get in the way and the priority gets bumped. For my virtual self, who shares similar desires with me, his priorities get changed around nearly minute-to-minute since having to take care of more personal necessities gets in the way of doing much else some days. It’s just good to know that I’m not alone in being flaky.

4.   Fishing, while relaxing and interesting in real life, is still quite boring to watch in a video game. Nuff said.

5.   Everyone needs a little prodding now and again to make sure stuff gets done. I think this ties in with the first item in the list pretty well and just extends the relationship issues to issues with everyday things. Luckily for me I don’t need extra prodding when it comes to using the restroom and don’t wet myself nearly as much as Sim JohnnyB.

I learned a lot more but I’m tired of writing now and I’ve written a lot but have said very little already.

-v- out