New Spa Day Traits – Adds two new traits to the game for Spa Day – health nut and high maintenance.

New Hobby Traits – Adds several new hobby traits to the game including artisan, movie buff, and tinkerer.

I only use calm, insecure, oblivious, restless.

New Emotional Traits – Adds several new emotional traits to the game.

Lifetime Aspirations Mod – Makes the aspirations more like they were in The Sims 2, with a single goal to be accomplished over a lifetime.

Grow up Aspiration – Adds the “grow up” aspiration for children from The Sims 2.

These are my favorite mods to add new aspirations and traits to the game or improve the ones we already have. Click on relationship bars to change relationships, etc. Example: Click on simoleons and change the amount.

UI Cheats Extension – Allows you to click on the UI and enter cheats directly.

Special whims for: pregnancy, elder life stage, childhood phases, etc.

Whim Overhaul – This is an overhaul of the EA whim system which enhances the chances for family based whims and tunes down whims to buy new stuff.

Simulation Unclogger – Detects when a Sim causes the simulation to get stuck, rendering the game unplayable, and attempts to fix it.

I use this instead of the Simulation Lag Fix because I find it works better in my game.

Quicker Sim Autonomy & Simulation Lag Improvements – You will need an account at Sims Asylum to download this mod.

MC Command Center – This is Master Controller for Sims 4.

Removes idle chat and makes several other improvements. For example, romance Sims are more likely to do romantic interactions and mean Sims are more likely to do mean interactions.

Have Some Personality Please – Adds more personality to your Sims.

Although I play with all the mods on this list, there are a few I could not EVER play without.

Sims 4 cheats and mods