Who doesn’t want to live the life of a Sim?

I fell into a YouTube hole and discovered a series of videos that seemed to start in the second half of 2017. These YouTubers created Sims and recorded everything the Sim did for 24 hours. Now I’m not a YouTuber and I have no reason to be doing this besides the fact it sounded like a fun way to spend a Saturday. I should have known better from the videos I watched.

A week before I did my challenge, I created Kara, my alter ego. I assigned her the traits of Computer Whiz, Bookworm, Childish, Couch potato, and Natural Cook; Hopefully, giving myself an easy challenge. I built my apartment and let her loose for 24 hours. I wrote a record of activities and timestamps of Kara’s day, so I could reenact it.

Quick Notes:

-Can I just say what “Natural Cook” makes a microwave meal, bread and jam, and yogurt. I wanted real food…

-Also pointing out, there’s only one bathroom break for 24 hours.

-If you notice in the video, I added a treadmill (that I don’t have irl) to the living room in case she wanted to exercise. Praise Jesus, Kara didn’t.

So, in addition to the video, here is the schedule I recorded and my thoughts reenacting it. Scroll down to the bottom for final thoughts =)

8:00am Wake up

I took time to change and throw on some foundation before starting the day. Not everyone can look Sim perfect first thing on a Saturday morning.

8:10am Eat a microwaved meal

               Chicken Dumpling soup should be a normal breakfast meal.

8:20am Finish Breakfast

               I wasn’t able to finish all my soup for breakfast, so I saved the leftovers

8:30am Chat with someone on the computer FOR THREE HOURS

               Kara was chatting with someone named Connor and found out he was single.

               I ended up being on Facebook and Instagram for most of the time. Thank you to everyone who helped and kept me entertained. I spent an hour on the phone with a friend, not technically online but it’s still social interaction. I ended caving in the last 20 minutes and went to comment on YouTube videos because I was struggling through the last hour.

12:00pm Read Something in bed

               Kara read Core Coed Curriculum

               I read An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. The seventh book in the Outlander series. Tears were shed as I was nearing the end of the novel and I was having to cope with main character deaths and kidnappings. Honestly, typical for the series.

2:42pm Play Computer Game

               It looked like Kara was playing a GTA rip off

               I started out playing Dream Daddy because I wanted to finish my date with Damien. Don’t ask.

               Ending with Lego Marvel.

5:24pm Go to the bathroom FINALLY

               Kara took 20 minutes…

5:45pm Shower

I kind of combined bathroom and shower time and had to throw in changing clothes and drying my hair.

6:24pm Prepare Bread & Jam

               10 minutes to prepare means making tons of sandwiches and eating them all, because I was starving.

6:39pm Eat Bread & Jam

               Apparently, Kara is like me and hates PB&J

7:00pm Clean Up Dinner

7:12pm Dishes

7:25pm Watch TV

               Kara picked a romance

               BANDERSNATCH and then Friends because I needed to calm down.

9:55pm Sit with TV off

10:00pm Chat with someone on computer

               Went back to Facebook and Instagram

11:00pm SLEEP

7:00am Wake up

7:10am Get Yogurt

               In this case, it was applesauce.

7:25am Eat Yogurt

               Eat Applesauce*

7:50am Clean up

8:00am Challenge Complete!

Overall, the challenge wasn’t awful. I needed more food and bathroom breaks but managed with the rest of the activities. Weirdly, the thing I appreciated the most was the single tasks throughout the day. It was nice not being surrounded by distractions as I usually attempt to multitask. I also appreciate a good schedule, and this had that. What would my day be like without this challenge? Probably sitting on the couch and not moving for hours with TV on in the background and scrolling aimlessly through my phone. Maybe finding a project to keep me productive, but it would have been a very mindless day.