The Introvert’s Escape: The Sims 4 Adventures (Chaos and Mermaids)

My brain is officially tired. Between midterms, art projects, and burnt pork chops, it’s time to take a step back. 😮‍💨 So I’m giving myself a much-needed three-hour break. I’ll be here savoring my burnt pork chops 🍖, enjoying some corn 🌽, and sipping iced apple cider 🍏🧊, while diving into something I haven’t touched in months—The Sims 4. 🎮

The Sims has always been one of my favorite escapes. It’s comforting to step into a virtual world where I can be in control, build homes, create lives, and live vicariously through my Sims. But as an introvert, I have to admit, The Sims 4 just doesn’t give me the same excitement as Sims 2 and 3 used to. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Where did the chaos go? I miss the thrill of unexpected robberies, the flashing lights of police cars, and the glorious randomness of fires breaking out (and then actually having firefighters to save the day). Sims 2 & 3 had an unpredictability that was just fun. But now, in Sims 4, my Sims are just too smart. They know how to avoid every disaster I set up for them—like, let me be dramatic! 😂 Sometimes, you just want a little bit of chaos to spice things up, but they’ve become so clever that even getting them into trouble has become an impossible task.

And the teens! Where’s the attitude? The rebellious streak that made them feel like actual teenagers in Sims 3? Now, they’re just smaller adults, and it’s kind of boring. I want the angst, the phases, the unexpected challenges of managing a teenage Sim’s life. And don’t even get me started on the firefighters career—I miss that too. 🔥🚒 There was something so satisfying about watching my Sim rush to save the day.

Despite all that, I somehow managed to send my Sim to an untimely death today—by mistake, of course. 😂 Thank goodness for cheat codes, because I had to save her. Crisis averted, I decided to give her a new lease on life, with a brother I randomly created for her. Family dynamics make the game a little more interesting, after all. 🤷🏾‍♀️ And hey, I even managed to get the brother a life too. 😂 He ended up impregnating a mermaid 🧜🏽‍♀️, and their child was born a mermaid too. 🧜🏾 What’s even going on at this point? And to make it more confusing, he actually wants to be a werewolf. I’m just letting it unfold because, well, chaos is fun.

Before I had to start over, I had a male witch Sim who was just iconic. He literally impregnated all the women in town, including the NPCs. 😅 And as if that wasn't enough, he kept cloning himself. Now that was my favorite family to play. The ridiculousness of it all was what made it so entertaining. I need to put him back in the game—I miss that level of pure madness. 😂✨

But now, playtime’s over, and I’m back to reality. There’s math homework to be done. 🧮 And there’s a test tomorrow—ugh. I also completely forgot about the 39-question review quiz I was supposed to do earlier. 😩😱 It’s overwhelming, but I know I’ll finish it. Class of 2028, I’ve got this… I think. 😂

Life as an introvert is a balance between diving into my imaginary worlds and tackling the real one, and right now, it’s time to tackle math. Wish me luck! ✨