Mundane Tasks and Time Progression

[daveid66]

I just started playing and I was looking for pointers on how to manage mundane tasks like cleaning. sleeping, getting to work while still having time for fun.

For example, my Sim made it fine to his first day of work. So, when he got home I thought it would be fun to go downtown. Well, about 10 minutes of "our time" passed but it was now past midnight on the game clock. By the time he got home and made it to bed -- actually he passed out on the floor -- he missed his carpool and missed going to work. It seems to me that the game clock goes way too fast, and this is with it set to the slowest setting.

Thanks for any tips you might provide.

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