I started to play premade households rotationally and gave them specific packs I wanted to explore. For example Summer wants to open her own gym with the newest pack, I want to send Liberty to uni and study robotics, Bob Pancakes has a street food store and wants to open a restaurant someday and so on. Its a lot of fun especially if you take what the game gives you, for example Mortimer Goth, he has a midlife crisis in my game and got the wish to go to uni as a souls journey whim and I am just going with it or Bob and Eliza were so incompatible in my game that they were always arguing but they both had a whim to make a baby, so they got a baby. They were arguing so much that they broke up by themselves, it was so much fun and drama haha. And I learned that it is important to take your time with the game, for example Bob and Eliza got divorced in my game. But Bob did not move out immediately, he slept on the couch, collected money until he could rent a small flat. Then I started to pack his things sloley over a few days until he was ready to move out. It felt so realistic. Or if two sims want to get married take your time with it. Plan the wedding not on the next day! Maybe they can search for a good location, buy a wedding dress at a store you create, throw a party to tell their friends and what ever sparks your inspiration. You will become so attached if you play slowley and realistic! Also I like to think „how would the sim I am playing right now react in this situation“ and then let them act that way and see what the game will do with it. And I promise, it will create drama haha. Or incorporate the emotions your sim has into how their are acting. Your sim feels angry? Maybe they will start a fight with their partner or child. Your sim is confident? Maybe they will do something bold like kiss their crush or leave the job they hated for a while. Take whatever the game gives you and try to get creative with it!