I'm afraid that as soon as I read the rules for this, I was already hooked on this challenge. I tried to resist, but it just wasn't happening. I couldn't convince myself that a mere one day of sim time per day wasn't something I could carve out time for. So… here we go again! This challenge is all about playing one sim - for a full REAL-TIME year. I plan to go longer than a year, but that doesn't change what the challenge is about. Basically, you turn off aging and play one sim-day per real life day. Then, you post one (or more) pictures of the day, creating a picture album that lasts the sim's whole life. This challenge is less about getting an heir or meeting goals and more about getting to know one sim.. and, in my opinion, about being able to stick to a schedule and go "the distance". The rules are found on the Sims 4 Forums here: https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/985472/one-month-one-world-one-year-personal-challenge/p1 and it is one that anyone can do, even if you are too busy to do more than a short commitment each day. Before I even planned to actually play the challenge, I had a sim and background story in my head. I sat down almost immediately and created some sims. Jazmyn's story has changed a bit from when I first thought of it, but they are going to be a lot of fun to get to know as they grow. And yes, you read that right. Jaz is non-binary. You (and me) will find out more as Jaz's story unfolds. The challenge asks for you to start as a teenager, but it was important to my background story to start as a Child-sim, so I am. I am also going to change the age-up length from three months to four. Both of these will make the challenge significantly longer, but that's ok. I will post a warning, however: this story WILL have triggering posts in it, and I do try to post a warning on the toughest posts, but I don't always remember to, so be warned. As of 9/25/2022: This story is still among my top priorities, although I will definitely say it has grown way beyond the bounds of the original challenge started. For that reason, (and because the name "OneSim" was just.. dumb) I am hereby renaming this story "Adventures With Jaz".
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Welcome to my brand-new story! And yes, this DOES mean that I'm coming back to blogging (on a more limited basis). I was inspired by a challenge being written by a friend of mine, and simply could not ... NOT make a Sim and get started. Where this story is going, only the Sim Gods know. But for now, it's where my brain is at. So... welcome to my newest story! The Challenge & The Premise So what was it that got my attention? Probably the restrictions and difficulty level. Because, see, I'm playing this challenge absolutely Vanilla. No Mods (except maybe build mods). No CC. And - even worse.... For the first generation, I only have Stuff packs and kits installed. Period. No Expansions, no Game Packs. They're not even activated for this playthrough. That means all those skills - gone. Seasons - nope. Careers? - heck no. Not even the clothes. Oh yeah, and to make it worse? I have to start with ZERO simoleons. On a blank lot. And yes, the candy on top of this sundae is that I've decided I will be telling this whole thing as a STORY. So, if this type of torture appeals to you, read on! So here's the story... I read the challenge (as I do, I tend to find new challenges and read them for ideas to store in my memory bank for later...) .. and was immediately drawn into it. I tried to ignore it. I tried to move on, get back to work on other things. It just didn't work. I ended up almost immediately making a sim for this challenge, and within two days... I had played three or four days of her life already, faithfully taking screenshots. Then came the difficult part... finding a background angle. I had bits of it. I had her fascination with makeup, and why. I also had a basic direction her story was going to go in. But to finalize it... to write it.. I had to finish her background story. Which was harder than I figured it would be. I ended up taking part in a brainstorming sesh with a friend of mine on our sims stories, and we fleshed out the idea. So here she is. Meet Persephone. Percy to her friends... and basically everyone else.
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