You truly get me trough quarantine. Never thought I'd stay that entertained during lets plays. I've watched all of them. Love you❤️ You always make me laugh! Stay exactly as u are.
I love this build so much! It reminds me a lot of my grandma. She used to work in a tiny floral shop, and she still likes to garden and make arrangements and wreaths and whatnot. It's really cute, wholesome, and accurate, too! Stunning! 💐 Also, your vids are totally what's helping me through quarantine. So thanks for all that you do, it's really inspiring and entertaining! ❤️
That is easy to answer. You, Plumbella, and Juno as well as cc shopping is what has gotten me through so far. i don't know what I would do without you. Thank you.
I have started a bunch of seeds and enjoy watching them slowly grow. Planning a small outdoor space and also indoor gardening space - and I live in Alaska! It snowed a few days ago, but is rapidly melting. the clouds bum me out but our days are getting longer. :) Thank you for all you do!
I haven't had much "quarantine" time as I work in a grocery store but I absolutely adore watching your videos in my free time! I've also been laying in the yard quite a bit. It's relaxing & I desperately need the sun! I'm looking like a sheet of paper at the moment🤣
Thank you for the energy you bring to these videos. You are fabulous! 😄 Staying focused on personal goals is really helping me through lockdown (I’m in the UK too). I had so much planned for 2020, and it was derailed for the most part, like many people’s plans. But I’m determined that I am going to make something super positive out of the year regardless, and focus on what I CAN do rather than what I can’t. So I’m eating super healthy, lifting weights regularly to tone my twigs (arms lol), walking for an hour a day, reading a lot, studying (learning a second language) and generally trying to avoid watching the news as much as possible :p
I love your personality so so so much!!! Every time you say ,,excuse you”, I'm laughing so hard... my brother comes to my room and be like ,,Oh, you’re watching Devon, I thought that you’re dying” 😂😂😂😂😂
Though during quarantine it's "to the windoooow, to the waalll, and maybe I'll go down the hall" 🙈😂 I've watched so much TH-cam the past month, vlogs, urban exploring, sims videos, your videos included of course, they've been a great source of entertainment and inspiration 🙏🏻❤ I've also played so much sims, I started a new legacy challenge a week or two ago and I'm already on the third generation... haha Also, in a previous video you talked about the lots beside this, and for some reason a market place was the only thing that came to mind, like with the food stalls. Excited to see your next builds! Have a great weekend 🥰
Yours and plumbellas videos help so much!!! I have a 6 year old with adhd and autism so day times are quite challenging!! And I find sim videos so calming and every time you get angry at the sims it makes me laugh so much 😂😂😂 maybe I’m going mad!!😂😂 that and ive redecorated the kitchen and faffed a lot with house stuff. Faffing is great! I recommend a good faff! 😂
I feel you. I like the world being at this pace and not having to go to school and work. However, I would also like to optionally go to the movies or get a bite to eat. Ive been crocheting, gardening, meditating, doing yoga, playing Sims 4 and House flipper, continuing my college courses, and overall dying inside
YES I LOVE THIS. You should look up City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, it’s one of my faves. Very tiny, cramped & cozy. Secondhand vibes for sure. One of my favorite things about the bookstore is that it has a little basement which makes it feel even more cozy! Since this bookshop is so small, maybe you could do that? It might add just another level of uniqueness * chefs kiss * Ps you’re hilarious & I love you. Let’s Build Newcrest & homemade cinnamon rolls are getting me through lockdown. Sending love 💛💛💛
Yoga is definitely helping me getting through this madness!! 🧘🏼♀️ it really helps me to clear my head. Books of course - I’m super hyped for the bookstore you‘re going to do!! 🤓 really looking forward to it!
For me personally, and I thought I would never say this, math has been a big help. I've practised for my entrance examination. I have counted my butt off for a couple of weeks now and it has actually been pretty fun since I finally understand something related to math :D
Siiri V Good luck on your exam! I’m also doing a lot of maths at the moment and there’s something really rewarding and soothing about calculating stuff (especially if you get the question right haha) 😄
I love this series so much and it’s definitely getting me through quarantine! As someone who was also resistant to learning hot keys for years and years and at the risk of pissing you off, the eye dropper hotkey is E! (E for eyedropper and E for easy to remember! ❤️)
I'm still working in an essential service and we are swamped, the biggest change for me has been that I'm not using public transport to get to work, but walking about 6k to get to work and back. Here in Australia we are allowed to leave the house for exercise, work, grocery shopping and medical needs, so theres not a lot of people out. It's a rather peaceful work and I think has been helping with stress a lot, and improving my health is not a bad thing. I'm saving money too not going out or dining out.
A part of me wants to be productive as I will never have this much free time ever again, but I also want to spend my whole day eating and sleeping as, again, I wont have this much free time. Been under quarantine for more than a month now, and I am about to go crazy! Even yoga does not help my mental health any more lol
OMG this damn glitch happened to me once with the frieze not going on just the outside and it took my an hour of trying to fix before I gave up and you just fixed yours in a matter of minutes! This is why you're a master sims builder and watching your videos is not just fun but also educational! ❤️ Also I love how you say the sign names how they look like "Etie" and "Loyo" 😂
I'm from New Zealand and we're halfway through our 4th week of being in lockdown. Your videos and builds have been getting me through this lockdown. I love your humor!! Btw loving the florist shop, being a florist myself i dont think I've ever seen a double story florist...
It's absolutely swank! I haven't found a way to get the bouquets to look finished, except for doing them with the florist, unfortunately. And even if you have the Sim do them for the lot, they will revert when downloaded, unless they've changed it recently. You can grow any flower in any season if you have the greenhouse, they have to be sheltered with at least a roof. This is indeed a trying time for everyone, but if I find my anxiety level rising, I try to think, "I am alive right now, and I want to make the most of it....and breathe." If that doesn't work, I jump on the elliptical while watching the Devon Bumpkin Channel 😉, and go as hard as I can for 10 minutes, then gradually slower for the rest of the vid. There are also some really good YT channels that feature HD nature film, and are very relaxing. I am working at the moment, so I listen to audible books as normal, and some really good podcasts. If I get furloughed, I'm going to learn French, start a spice garden and some patio seedlings; spend tons of time outdoors with just the pup, and of course play The Sims more.
Yoga for sure has been a huge factor in keeping my sanity lol and watching Cuckoo on Netflix, it’s the funniest show I’ve seen in a while after Silicon Valley. So that’s been on repeat for some giggles during these strange and bland days. And I also always look forward to your videos, I always have fun listening to you and watching your builds, I’m so excited to see this lot once it’s all done. 🥳
Honestly one thing that's been helping me go through this recently is astrology. I just started learning about it's aspects, elements, etc and there is so much to uncover, it's fascinating. Making notes about the subject and researching takes a lot of time so I kind of forget about everything that goes on around me, and I really really enjoy it.
I started creating a photobook. I got around 400 pictures printed out through the internet and started organizing the timeline and categories 🥰 it brings back so many beautiful memories.
These non-sped up videos are a blessing 👼🙏❤️ I went from not knowing a thing about building in TS4 to building my old childhood home and my dream home in 2 weeks lol
Another awesome creation! I wish I had more packs so I could download it once you finish. As for the lockdown I totally agree with you. I love staying home but I also love that it's my choice. And now that we are ordered to do so I just can't bear it 😂
Been sitting home with my kids. Watching movies and playing video games with them. The sims is so relaxing when they go to bed tho. I am definitely enjoying building new stuff for the gallery as well.
I’ve been cooking everyday, beef jerky, jams, teas, cakes, sauces and trying different authentic Japan and Chinese recipes. Next week is going to be Dutch from my heritage on my grandmas side
Watching your videos i get so happy and laugh all throughout. But then I get sad, when hearing the game sounds and remembering how I used to play, but now I don't have it.
Here for my dose of laughter and warm feelings. Thank you. Hahahahaha. Omg, your comment about complains about the windows. It’s hilarious. You can try to grow flowers in any season as long as you have them in the right temperature I suppose. I could be totally wrong. 🤷🏼♀️ Btw love the way the buildings look. Can’t way for the final builds on this lot. It’s one of the best community lots I have seen.
My fiance and I are both homebodies, we LOVE being home. But yes you are quite right, when you are told that you CAN'T do something, for some odd reason our brains suddenly get pissed we can't even though it's something we normally wouldn't do, so we start plotting ways to go out safely...I hate my brain, glad mine isn't the only one that thinks this way 😂😂 To keep myself entertained I have been binge playing Sims 3 and rebuilding my own version of New Crest in Sims 4. I went for a 1950's style, I was watching Edward Scissor Hands when the inspiration struck to re-create that neighborhood. I am working on the last of the houses, next I need to do the families. Also If you go to my gallery on Sims Fudderwacken (like the dance 😂) I have gardens you can download with maxed plants, they are some smalls ones with spliced plants too. And YES you should stream, I would LIVE for that.
Not going to lie your videos have been a constant companionship through out this lonely period time for all of us for me. Also I love love your glasses, and was wondering what pack are the rustic “repetitive” flowers on the steps on the top floor? Can’t wait to watch the final episode!
I just noticed this, but in most of the thumbnails for this lot, there are buildings next to the “focus building” in that video - aka some buildings that technically shouldn’t exist yet. Since they do not look the same as what the building actually ends up looking like, I’m assuming they’re only there to make the thumbnail nice and full. That’s some dedication right there!
I already commented on part 1 but I just thought!! How flipping cute would a little police station look! And you could do the flags and the whole ordeal and make up a whole background story!
What's been getting me through the quaraintine is mostly the amazing content you are putting out. I scream of excitement when I see you've uploaded. Other than that I'm trying to stay "productive" and keep a routine, which my bullet journal has been helping me with. Also I've started making more art, sent out some homemade birthday cards and I've been ordering a bunch of stuff that I don't need but makes me happy. Oops? Lastly, food!!!! I'm trying out some new cool recipes, and I've become obsessed with hummus + avocado toast.
Your videos, Stardew Valley, books, chocolate and building stuff in the sims is what’s getting me through. I really want to spend some time redecorating and organising too but I’m yet to start that mammoth task! 😂
to brighten up the flowers hanging on the wall you can as well use the lights from debug, the ones that show up in the lighting folder and are invisible in gameplay. They don't provide shitloads of brightness, but I find them useful when I want this crisp minimalist look and the game fugly darkens some objects 👿 I think someone mentioned this in debug video a while ago, James Turner maybe it was.
What gets me through quarantine.. Let's see: Reading books, playing the Sims and watching your videos actually. I've said it once I'll say it again, your voice soothes me and if you decide to stream a bit I will be a happy person. xx
Actually yoga and animal crossing too. I turn 25 in May, and my main games are civilization, Sims 4 and ACNH 😂 I still work which keeps me busy (am an office worker for medical research,) but I suffer from panic attacks all the time, even before cv19, and honestly medication helps me a lot too. Fingers crossed I haven't had an attack in a while, but another thing I'm trying to do is be kind to myself and not try to do everything or feel bad for working and not cleaning/shopping etc at the same time. Also trying to leave the house more than once a week, but I'm inner city so it does worry me walking about alone- partly because of the diversity of people out and about, and having a panic attack in public. My main advice is to practice grounding and deep breathing techniques- pranayama breathing is very useful for when you have feelings of anxiety and depression together or need to calm down but feel restless when breathing. And if you are a busybody/workaholic remember to have some nothing time (even 10 mins a day) where you just chill and maybe ask yourself how you're feeling. Being able to look inwards once a day usually helps with the emotional drama that pops up at night too, so it's a good habit. All of these are things I call mental hygiene and like brushing my teeth is something I try to keep regular to stay healthy. A lot of times it takes a few weeks to build up but eventually just getting a regular dose can really help. Stay safe everyone 😊
There’s nothing better than a cheeky bit of Devon bumpkin on a Saturday night tucked away in bed,dipping large chocolate biscuits into a nice cuppa tea,love ya Aiden ♥️
I'm a massive homebody and introvert so I'm not doing too bad but I think it helps I'm in the countryside and I'm right near some woods so I can just talk a walk. I really feel for those in small inner city flats. The sun has been lovely and the bluebells are up but I imagine if it was raining this whole time I would have absolutely lost the plot 😅 let's hope the UK gets better soon
I have been running an online collaborative writing project, preparing for a second, writing myself, reworking a website, getting back into playing bass, and I just bought an old iMac to refurbish for use in creative things. I'd intended to learn how to 3D model, so that I could make custom content, but that isn't going very well. I did learn to recolour, though and have made a few things, a lot of them related to Good Omens, which I love.
Writing letters to friends and family have been something that has helped me. Getting all fancy with calligraphy and wax seals makes me feel like a war time wife rather than someone stuck in a house during a pandemic haha
I'm a homebody too and I stay home a lot, but this is driving me nuts. I miss just going out to eat and simple stuff. I'm living in Animal Crossing too. Filling my museum, terraforming my island, and trying to make hybrid flowers is fun! I made a hilltop outside movie "theater" last few days. It's super cute. I've been painting a bit off and on too. So games, TH-cam, and painting are all that's keeping me from just being super stressed and sad. I'm lonely though :( I wanna go visit other islands and trade fruit - I need pears lol
I absolutely knew you were going to say shits and giggles!! Made me laugh so much. Watching your cheerful vids in lockdown is fantastic. Also powering through books like crazy. Hope you and your partner and pup are safe and well
A friendly suggestion: Maybe you could do a couple of seed packs or something that looks like fertilizers on one of the displays? Just for more variety :) love your videos they’re better than yoga
My life hasn't changed much, am a stay at home mum who lives in the countryside and only ventured into the big city maybes 1-2 month to food shop. Agree on set in way when it comes to play style as the only hot key I have learned is B for the wall tool and don't plan on remembering any others.
Today's my birthday 🎉 my husband got me some Calamity Wear mugs (they have the best stuff, highly recommend looking up the instagram), and my kids made me matching bowls ♥️ Now I get to sit and watch this with a cup of tea ☕ Animal Crossing is keeping me going as well. I have a panic disorder and I'm getting near daily panic attacks now 😔 my villagers threw me a surprise party today though 😍
Happy Birthday!! I, too, had a shelter in place birthday a few days back, but my son and granddaughter brought some takeout, homemade card and prezzies,and we talked outside far apart. It was a nice evening weatherwise, too. Stay well, and try to stay in the moment.
Whatever you do is gonna be great, but just an idea. What if the bookshop was two stories and the yoga staircase goes up two staircases with a small landing area to the top floor yoga studio. That would fill the awkward space of the second floor!
You, working in my yard and my dogs have been making quarantine easier on me. Being an introvert, I’d be doing the same thing anyway. Welcome to my world extroverts.
I was waking up my dog Ramen so we could watch your uploads together like always. But this time, he decided not to accompany me and had returned to his slumber, so it's just me right now and he's just here sleeping right beside me. Lol although I'm sure he feels sorry. 🐩
I've been reading mostly. I've been in lockdown for a month now and have finished 12 books. Suffice to say I'm really looking forward to your bookshop build. 👍 If I'm not reading, I'm playing video games. Cities: Skylines and FFXIV taking most of my playtime. Then it's TH-cam videos in between. You may be alarmed to know that I cut my hair the other day. It was getting really long; down to my elbows. Probably lopped off around 6-7 inches of hair. 😂
I’m a homebody as well but I am literally going mad at home all the time. Yoga is the only thing keeping me sane! My mood is like 0 before yoga and then like 200 after LOL
Aiden You are so much fun! The song that you were remembering is called "Get Low" by a rap artist name Lil john. The lyrics are: 3, 6, 9 - d*mn you fine Hoping she can sock it to me one more time Get low (get low) get low (get low) Get low (get low) get low (get low) To the window (to the window) To the wall (to the wall) 'Til the sweat drop down my b*lls... And more lyrics that I will probably get in trouble for typing our here on YT! LOL
As soon as I sat down to watch this my dog also decided to take himself to bed, he knew I would be unresponsive for the next hour! Eti looks marvellous and very South Kensington, just need a ferrari parked outside and your good to go!
Took me a while to figure out you had music underneath the video. Was wondering for a while what that banging sound was when you began making the greenhouse. Hahaha. It needs flowers under one table. And I would loooove for you to do a stream on twitch . I've been watching loads of streams recently.
Can it perhaps be.... a Travel Bookshop.....? I'm getting Hugh Grant back from the good ol' days vibes... ❤️ also, my god you crack me up sometimes! [edit] btw, it looks like the sign says 'éte' or something like that, which is French for summer - a great name for a Florist if you ask me!
Here in New Zealand we will be told tomorrow if our level 4 lockdown will be extended or go to level 3 which is less restrictive. So I guess I’ll just play more sims ! My new Devon Bumpkin sim in his tiny home !
ok so here are my two cents on getting through this really weird time, as a clinically depressed and already anxious person: i think it's super important to keep some sort of routine, like keeping a proper sleeping schedule most days at least. stay tf off twitter unless it's for tiger king king memes cause they were GOLD. same goes for news unless something certain is announced, no speculation shit cause that does your head in. another thing is to really push out that creativity (for me at least, for others that might me exercise or even worse: math) and keep that shit up. for example i write and play the piano a looooottttt and release some of that tension that way and turn it into something nice. and seeing as i live alone with no pets i talk to my best friend almost every day, especially when either one of us gets real anxious. but probably the three most important things to do when u get anxious during this time are (in my opinion at least but like i said i'm a seasoned depressed & anxious person lmao i kinda know what i'm talking about here) : 1. cry it out 2. don't let it interrupt your plans, keep on setting plans in place for next year if there's anything you'd like to do and go at it hard, that'll give you a sense of accomplishment and something to look forward to -- and the effects of that are that at least i'm nowhere near as anxious or depressed as i know i could be rn like i'm good this could go on for the rest of April and even may and i'd still be fine mentally 3. listen to harry styles cover of 'juice' cause that's just.. EXQUISITE aight now i'll continue watching 😄
I could not agree more about Harry's cover. I have been listening to his songs and covers like a maniac for the past few weeks. And also thanks for the recommendations! Stay safe
How are you making it through a legacy challenge? I get so bored with the limited gameplay of sims 4 that i give up at the 2nd gen. Ive been rebuilding all of the world and updated the townies instead 😂😭
I’ve been doing lots of binge watching Netflix, reading and downloaded Planet Zoo (anything to transport me to a different world!) and that has been consuming all of my time! Do you still play Planet Zoo? I’d love to see some of your builds! Maybe a let’s play 😊 This build is beautiful, as always. Your videos always brighten my day.
May sound obvious, but i find listening to music very helpful. So for everyone who needs to kill some time and maybe needs some distraction from the ongoing chaos: i recomend the channel deepcuts on yt. its a music review channel and he has a series going on called "five records to get you into (music gengre xy)" which is really great to discover some new music. I recomend his videos about Krautrock and shoegaze especially.
The things getting me through shutdown is definitely animal crossing as well, I spend HOURS trying to crossbreed flowers for new colours haha.. that and watching money heist with my boyfriend using Netflix party.. makes the distance feel smaller ❤️
I like the Florist. It's easily the most elegant shop on the block, but I am partial to pale architecture. There is enough colour and chaos in my head. Oh dear. I can't possibly tell you what I have been doing. It will be labelled as conspiracy theory nonsense, even though its true LOL! I meant to spend this time doing lots of Sims builds, and instead I've spend my weeks researching and writing articles. Anyway, I did take yesterday off, and caught up on some of your videos. One of your videos was whisper quiet, which was rather unusual. Off to finish another article that people will laugh at, until they stop laughing. 2.69 people have stopped laughing, so it's a scary start. 🤣
You truly get me trough quarantine. Never thought I'd stay that entertained during lets plays. I've watched all of them. Love you❤️ You always make me laugh! Stay exactly as u are.
I love this build so much! It reminds me a lot of my grandma. She used to work in a tiny floral shop, and she still likes to garden and make arrangements and wreaths and whatnot. It's really cute, wholesome, and accurate, too! Stunning! 💐
Also, your vids are totally what's helping me through quarantine. So thanks for all that you do, it's really inspiring and entertaining! ❤️
That is easy to answer. You, Plumbella, and Juno as well as cc shopping is what has gotten me through so far. i don't know what I would do without you. Thank you.
I have started a bunch of seeds and enjoy watching them slowly grow. Planning a small outdoor space and also indoor gardening space - and I live in Alaska! It snowed a few days ago, but is rapidly melting. the clouds bum me out but our days are getting longer. :) Thank you for all you do!
honestly youre videos are helping me through these crazy time, i loveeee this series
I haven't had much "quarantine" time as I work in a grocery store but I absolutely adore watching your videos in my free time! I've also been laying in the yard quite a bit. It's relaxing & I desperately need the sun! I'm looking like a sheet of paper at the moment🤣
Thank you for the energy you bring to these videos. You are fabulous! 😄
Staying focused on personal goals is really helping me through lockdown (I’m in the UK too). I had so much planned for 2020, and it was derailed for the most part, like many people’s plans. But I’m determined that I am going to make something super positive out of the year regardless, and focus on what I CAN do rather than what I can’t.
So I’m eating super healthy, lifting weights regularly to tone my twigs (arms lol), walking for an hour a day, reading a lot, studying (learning a second language) and generally trying to avoid watching the news as much as possible :p
I love your personality so so so much!!! Every time you say ,,excuse you”, I'm laughing so hard... my brother comes to my room and be like ,,Oh, you’re watching Devon, I thought that you’re dying” 😂😂😂😂😂
Though during quarantine it's "to the windoooow, to the waalll, and maybe I'll go down the hall" 🙈😂
I've watched so much TH-cam the past month, vlogs, urban exploring, sims videos, your videos included of course, they've been a great source of entertainment and inspiration 🙏🏻❤
I've also played so much sims, I started a new legacy challenge a week or two ago and I'm already on the third generation... haha
Also, in a previous video you talked about the lots beside this, and for some reason a market place was the only thing that came to mind, like with the food stalls.
Excited to see your next builds! Have a great weekend 🥰
Yours and plumbellas videos help so much!!! I have a 6 year old with adhd and autism so day times are quite challenging!! And I find sim videos so calming and every time you get angry at the sims it makes me laugh so much 😂😂😂 maybe I’m going mad!!😂😂 that and ive redecorated the kitchen and faffed a lot with house stuff. Faffing is great! I recommend a good faff! 😂
I paused a podcast for this hehe. Conspiracy theories are fun. It´s tin hat season ladies.
Yass! Can I recommend The Mile Higher Podcast? Easily my favourite podcast for conspiracies etc
Devon Bumpkin funny because that was exactly what I was watching. Episode 5 on the simulation theory
Ayyye!! Super huge fan of Mile Higher 💖
Omg kendall rae 😍 I love her
I feel you. I like the world being at this pace and not having to go to school and work. However, I would also like to optionally go to the movies or get a bite to eat. Ive been crocheting, gardening, meditating, doing yoga, playing Sims 4 and House flipper, continuing my college courses, and overall dying inside
YES I LOVE THIS. You should look up City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, it’s one of my faves. Very tiny, cramped & cozy. Secondhand vibes for sure. One of my favorite things about the bookstore is that it has a little basement which makes it feel even more cozy! Since this bookshop is so small, maybe you could do that? It might add just another level of uniqueness * chefs kiss *
Ps you’re hilarious & I love you. Let’s Build Newcrest & homemade cinnamon rolls are getting me through lockdown. Sending love 💛💛💛
You really are so fun to watch amidst this quarantine and of course you never fail to impress on your builds!
Yoga is definitely helping me getting through this madness!! 🧘🏼♀️ it really helps me to clear my head.
Books of course - I’m super hyped for the bookstore you‘re going to do!! 🤓 really looking forward to it!
For me personally, and I thought I would never say this, math has been a big help. I've practised for my entrance examination. I have counted my butt off for a couple of weeks now and it has actually been pretty fun since I finally understand something related to math :D
Siiri V Good luck on your exam! I’m also doing a lot of maths at the moment and there’s something really rewarding and soothing about calculating stuff (especially if you get the question right haha) 😄
It's absolutely gorgeous!! Love, love, love it!!
Whiffle is my new favorite word
I love this series so much and it’s definitely getting me through quarantine! As someone who was also resistant to learning hot keys for years and years and at the risk of pissing you off, the eye dropper hotkey is E! (E for eyedropper and E for easy to remember! ❤️)
I'm still working in an essential service and we are swamped, the biggest change for me has been that I'm not using public transport to get to work, but walking about 6k to get to work and back. Here in Australia we are allowed to leave the house for exercise, work, grocery shopping and medical needs, so theres not a lot of people out. It's a rather peaceful work and I think has been helping with stress a lot, and improving my health is not a bad thing. I'm saving money too not going out or dining out.
A part of me wants to be productive as I will never have this much free time ever again, but I also want to spend my whole day eating and sleeping as, again, I wont have this much free time. Been under quarantine for more than a month now, and I am about to go crazy! Even yoga does not help my mental health any more lol
This comment is my theraphy session for today thanks for listening haha
OMG this damn glitch happened to me once with the frieze not going on just the outside and it took my an hour of trying to fix before I gave up and you just fixed yours in a matter of minutes! This is why you're a master sims builder and watching your videos is not just fun but also educational! ❤️ Also I love how you say the sign names how they look like "Etie" and "Loyo" 😂
I'm from New Zealand and we're halfway through our 4th week of being in lockdown. Your videos and builds have been getting me through this lockdown. I love your humor!! Btw loving the florist shop, being a florist myself i dont think I've ever seen a double story florist...
Just gonna say, white mats in a florist is completely impractical, they are going to get so stained and grotty
It's absolutely swank!
I haven't found a way to get the bouquets to look finished, except for doing them with the florist, unfortunately. And even if you have the Sim do them for the lot, they will revert when downloaded, unless they've changed it recently. You can grow any flower in any season if you have the greenhouse, they have to be sheltered with at least a roof.
This is indeed a trying time for everyone, but if I find my anxiety level rising, I try to think, "I am alive right now, and I want to make the most of it....and breathe." If that doesn't work, I jump on the elliptical while watching the Devon Bumpkin Channel 😉, and go as hard as I can for 10 minutes, then gradually slower for the rest of the vid. There are also some really good YT channels that feature HD nature film, and are very relaxing.
I am working at the moment, so I listen to audible books as normal, and some really good podcasts. If I get furloughed, I'm going to learn French, start a spice garden and some patio seedlings; spend tons of time outdoors with just the pup, and of course play The Sims more.
Yoga for sure has been a huge factor in keeping my sanity lol and watching Cuckoo on Netflix, it’s the funniest show I’ve seen in a while after Silicon Valley. So that’s been on repeat for some giggles during these strange and bland days. And I also always look forward to your videos, I always have fun listening to you and watching your builds, I’m so excited to see this lot once it’s all done. 🥳
I'm watching this on my TV while I'm getting ready for the day and I'm loving it! Doing this might become a part of my routine 😂.
Honestly one thing that's been helping me go through this recently is astrology. I just started learning about it's aspects, elements, etc and there is so much to uncover, it's fascinating. Making notes about the subject and researching takes a lot of time so I kind of forget about everything that goes on around me, and I really really enjoy it.
Ngl, watching your videos helps me going through this. Thank you for that Aden. I hope you're doing fine and stay safe. ❤
I started creating a photobook. I got around 400 pictures printed out through the internet and started organizing the timeline and categories 🥰 it brings back so many beautiful memories.
These non-sped up videos are a blessing 👼🙏❤️ I went from not knowing a thing about building in TS4 to building my old childhood home and my dream home in 2 weeks lol
Another awesome creation! I wish I had more packs so I could download it once you finish. As for the lockdown I totally agree with you. I love staying home but I also love that it's my choice. And now that we are ordered to do so I just can't bear it 😂
Been sitting home with my kids. Watching movies and playing video games with them. The sims is so relaxing when they go to bed tho. I am definitely enjoying building new stuff for the gallery as well.
Only true simmers know etie and loyo
... and the posh hotel down the street, “Coconut Parc” 😁 iconic!
I’ve been cooking everyday, beef jerky, jams, teas, cakes, sauces and trying different authentic Japan and Chinese recipes. Next week is going to be Dutch from my heritage on my grandmas side
We've completely reno'ed our garden and spent lots of time in it! Plus sims, of course.
Watching your videos i get so happy and laugh all throughout. But then I get sad, when hearing the game sounds and remembering how I used to play, but now I don't have it.
Here for my dose of laughter and warm feelings. Thank you.
Hahahahaha. Omg, your comment about complains about the windows. It’s hilarious.
You can try to grow flowers in any season as long as you have them in the right temperature I suppose. I could be totally wrong. 🤷🏼♀️
Btw love the way the buildings look. Can’t way for the final builds on this lot. It’s one of the best community lots I have seen.
My fiance and I are both homebodies, we LOVE being home. But yes you are quite right, when you are told that you CAN'T do something, for some odd reason our brains suddenly get pissed we can't even though it's something we normally wouldn't do, so we start plotting ways to go out safely...I hate my brain, glad mine isn't the only one that thinks this way 😂😂 To keep myself entertained I have been binge playing Sims 3 and rebuilding my own version of New Crest in Sims 4. I went for a 1950's style, I was watching Edward Scissor Hands when the inspiration struck to re-create that neighborhood. I am working on the last of the houses, next I need to do the families.
Also If you go to my gallery on Sims Fudderwacken (like the dance 😂) I have gardens you can download with maxed plants, they are some smalls ones with spliced plants too. And YES you should stream, I would LIVE for that.
The result is stunning. I own a florist in my game in my current family and you just gave him amazing ideas!! xx
Not going to lie your videos have been a constant companionship through out this lonely period time for all of us for me. Also I love love your glasses, and was wondering what pack are the rustic “repetitive” flowers on the steps on the top floor? Can’t wait to watch the final episode!
I just noticed this, but in most of the thumbnails for this lot, there are buildings next to the “focus building” in that video - aka some buildings that technically shouldn’t exist yet. Since they do not look the same as what the building actually ends up looking like, I’m assuming they’re only there to make the thumbnail nice and full. That’s some dedication right there!
I already commented on part 1 but I just thought!! How flipping cute would a little police station look! And you could do the flags and the whole ordeal and make up a whole background story!
What's been getting me through the quaraintine is mostly the amazing content you are putting out. I scream of excitement when I see you've uploaded.
Other than that I'm trying to stay "productive" and keep a routine, which my bullet journal has been helping me with. Also I've started making more art, sent out some homemade birthday cards and I've been ordering a bunch of stuff that I don't need but makes me happy. Oops?
Lastly, food!!!! I'm trying out some new cool recipes, and I've become obsessed with hummus + avocado toast.
Your videos, Stardew Valley, books, chocolate and building stuff in the sims is what’s getting me through.
I really want to spend some time redecorating and organising too but I’m yet to start that mammoth task! 😂
to brighten up the flowers hanging on the wall you can as well use the lights from debug, the ones that show up in the lighting folder and are invisible in gameplay. They don't provide shitloads of brightness, but I find them useful when I want this crisp minimalist look and the game fugly darkens some objects 👿 I think someone mentioned this in debug video a while ago, James Turner maybe it was.
What gets me through quarantine.. Let's see: Reading books, playing the Sims and watching your videos actually. I've said it once I'll say it again, your voice soothes me and if you decide to stream a bit I will be a happy person. xx
Actually yoga and animal crossing too. I turn 25 in May, and my main games are civilization, Sims 4 and ACNH 😂 I still work which keeps me busy (am an office worker for medical research,) but I suffer from panic attacks all the time, even before cv19, and honestly medication helps me a lot too. Fingers crossed I haven't had an attack in a while, but another thing I'm trying to do is be kind to myself and not try to do everything or feel bad for working and not cleaning/shopping etc at the same time. Also trying to leave the house more than once a week, but I'm inner city so it does worry me walking about alone- partly because of the diversity of people out and about, and having a panic attack in public. My main advice is to practice grounding and deep breathing techniques- pranayama breathing is very useful for when you have feelings of anxiety and depression together or need to calm down but feel restless when breathing. And if you are a busybody/workaholic remember to have some nothing time (even 10 mins a day) where you just chill and maybe ask yourself how you're feeling. Being able to look inwards once a day usually helps with the emotional drama that pops up at night too, so it's a good habit. All of these are things I call mental hygiene and like brushing my teeth is something I try to keep regular to stay healthy. A lot of times it takes a few weeks to build up but eventually just getting a regular dose can really help. Stay safe everyone 😊
There’s nothing better than a cheeky bit of Devon bumpkin on a Saturday night tucked away in bed,dipping large chocolate biscuits into a nice cuppa tea,love ya Aiden ♥️
I'm a massive homebody and introvert so I'm not doing too bad but I think it helps I'm in the countryside and I'm right near some woods so I can just talk a walk. I really feel for those in small inner city flats. The sun has been lovely and the bluebells are up but I imagine if it was raining this whole time I would have absolutely lost the plot 😅 let's hope the UK gets better soon
I have been running an online collaborative writing project, preparing for a second, writing myself, reworking a website, getting back into playing bass, and I just bought an old iMac to refurbish for use in creative things. I'd intended to learn how to 3D model, so that I could make custom content, but that isn't going very well. I did learn to recolour, though and have made a few things, a lot of them related to Good Omens, which I love.
Here in Portugal we've been on lockdown since March and what has been helping me is honestly exercise and reading (and playing the sims).
I have to make Miss H! Super cute build and hilarious commentary. Thanks DB!
Ay! Another one! Man I love this series and I've got nothing but time right now.
Writing letters to friends and family have been something that has helped me. Getting all fancy with calligraphy and wax seals makes me feel like a war time wife rather than someone stuck in a house during a pandemic haha
I've been baking breads, reading, yoga/pilates, watching concerts via live streams, and working from home.
This build is absolute class, as are you. ❤ honestly reading books has helped me a lot during quarantine
when you said
"I love it! I love that!"
you sounded like the Neighbour Jim, from Friday Night Dinner hahaha! 6:40
Sarah Elisa Smith I screeched! I love that show
@@kelseytheresa haha!
Me too! I watched them from the beginning again last week ❤
Omggg no way aha
shalom!!
Hello Jackie!
You got me building again in the Sims after some months break ! Great content, I’m loving it!!!
Yoga and Meditation have been amazing lifesavers. I even began learning Spanish.
I'm a homebody too and I stay home a lot, but this is driving me nuts. I miss just going out to eat and simple stuff. I'm living in Animal Crossing too. Filling my museum, terraforming my island, and trying to make hybrid flowers is fun! I made a hilltop outside movie "theater" last few days. It's super cute. I've been painting a bit off and on too. So games, TH-cam, and painting are all that's keeping me from just being super stressed and sad. I'm lonely though :( I wanna go visit other islands and trade fruit - I need pears lol
I absolutely knew you were going to say shits and giggles!! Made me laugh so much. Watching your cheerful vids in lockdown is fantastic. Also powering through books like crazy. Hope you and your partner and pup are safe and well
A friendly suggestion: Maybe you could do a couple of seed packs or something that looks like fertilizers on one of the displays? Just for more variety :) love your videos they’re better than yoga
Gin and chocolate dear... gets me through most days 😆 Love the book shop idea, sounds charming 💕
Lockdown/quarantine survival: here in South Germany you can get craft beer delivered to your door. Feels a little bit like going out.
My life hasn't changed much, am a stay at home mum who lives in the countryside and only ventured into the big city maybes 1-2 month to food shop. Agree on set in way when it comes to play style as the only hot key I have learned is B for the wall tool and don't plan on remembering any others.
Today's my birthday 🎉 my husband got me some Calamity Wear mugs (they have the best stuff, highly recommend looking up the instagram), and my kids made me matching bowls ♥️
Now I get to sit and watch this with a cup of tea ☕
Animal Crossing is keeping me going as well. I have a panic disorder and I'm getting near daily panic attacks now 😔 my villagers threw me a surprise party today though 😍
Happy Birthday!! I, too, had a shelter in place birthday a few days back, but my son and granddaughter brought some takeout, homemade card and prezzies,and we talked outside far apart. It was a nice evening weatherwise, too. Stay well, and try to stay in the moment.
@@LivinInSim that is so sweet they did that for you! ♥️ Happy birthday to you too!
@@amandacornelius9165 Thanks! 😊
watching these videos while eating breakfast at 2:30 pm >>>>> makes my quarantine lmao
Whatever you do is gonna be great, but just an idea. What if the bookshop was two stories and the yoga staircase goes up two staircases with a small landing area to the top floor yoga studio. That would fill the awkward space of the second floor!
You, working in my yard and my dogs have been making quarantine easier on me. Being an introvert, I’d be doing the same thing anyway. Welcome to my world extroverts.
I think Wiffle is my new favourite word! lol looks so good! (:
For the book shop you should make the exterior like a converted firehouse.
This lot becomes more and more beautiful. I play sims to make the time past and watch alot if Netflix 😂Can't wait for the following parts of this lot👍
I was waking up my dog Ramen so we could watch your uploads together like always. But this time, he decided not to accompany me and had returned to his slumber, so it's just me right now and he's just here sleeping right beside me. Lol although I'm sure he feels sorry. 🐩
I've been reading mostly. I've been in lockdown for a month now and have finished 12 books. Suffice to say I'm really looking forward to your bookshop build. 👍
If I'm not reading, I'm playing video games. Cities: Skylines and FFXIV taking most of my playtime. Then it's TH-cam videos in between.
You may be alarmed to know that I cut my hair the other day. It was getting really long; down to my elbows. Probably lopped off around 6-7 inches of hair. 😂
I’ve gotten back to meditating it works wonders for me.
I enjoy all your videos. Lovely building darling. All my love from Spain.
I’m a homebody as well but I am literally going mad at home all the time. Yoga is the only thing keeping me sane! My mood is like 0 before yoga and then like 200 after LOL
I can't wait till you are done with this build.
Aiden You are so much fun!
The song that you were remembering is called "Get Low" by a rap artist name Lil john.
The lyrics are:
3, 6, 9 - d*mn you fine
Hoping she can sock it to me one more time
Get low (get low) get low (get low)
Get low (get low) get low (get low)
To the window (to the window)
To the wall (to the wall)
'Til the sweat drop down my b*lls...
And more lyrics that I will probably get in trouble for typing our here on YT! LOL
As soon as I sat down to watch this my dog also decided to take himself to bed, he knew I would be unresponsive for the next hour! Eti looks marvellous and very South Kensington, just need a ferrari parked outside and your good to go!
You had me laughing so much at one point that my husband just stopped what he was doing to laugh at me laughing 🤭
Took me a while to figure out you had music underneath the video. Was wondering for a while what that banging sound was when you began making the greenhouse. Hahaha. It needs flowers under one table. And I would loooove for you to do a stream on twitch . I've been watching loads of streams recently.
Can it perhaps be.... a Travel Bookshop.....? I'm getting Hugh Grant back from the good ol' days vibes... ❤️ also, my god you crack me up sometimes! [edit] btw, it looks like the sign says 'éte' or something like that, which is French for summer - a great name for a Florist if you ask me!
Here in New Zealand we will be told tomorrow if our level 4 lockdown will be extended or go to level 3 which is less restrictive. So I guess I’ll just play more sims ! My new Devon Bumpkin sim in his tiny home !
We just managed to get out of lockdown so hopefully fingers crossed you and everyone else stays safe
ok so here are my two cents on getting through this really weird time, as a clinically depressed and already anxious person:
i think it's super important to keep some sort of routine, like keeping a proper sleeping schedule most days at least.
stay tf off twitter unless it's for tiger king king memes cause they were GOLD. same goes for news unless something certain is announced, no speculation shit cause that does your head in.
another thing is to really push out that creativity (for me at least, for others that might me exercise or even worse: math) and keep that shit up. for example i write and play the piano a looooottttt and release some of that tension that way and turn it into something nice.
and seeing as i live alone with no pets i talk to my best friend almost every day, especially when either one of us gets real anxious.
but probably the three most important things to do when u get anxious during this time are (in my opinion at least but like i said i'm a seasoned depressed & anxious person lmao i kinda know what i'm talking about here) :
1. cry it out
2. don't let it interrupt your plans, keep on setting plans in place for next year if there's anything you'd like to do and go at it hard, that'll give you a sense of accomplishment and something to look forward to -- and the effects of that are that at least i'm nowhere near as anxious or depressed as i know i could be rn like i'm good this could go on for the rest of April and even may and i'd still be fine mentally
3. listen to harry styles cover of 'juice' cause that's just.. EXQUISITE
aight now i'll continue watching 😄
I could not agree more about Harry's cover. I have been listening to his songs and covers like a maniac for the past few weeks. And also thanks for the recommendations! Stay safe
@@dilaraguney RIGHT love his songs but especially juice is a whole mood :D
How are you making it through a legacy challenge? I get so bored with the limited gameplay of sims 4 that i give up at the 2nd gen. Ive been rebuilding all of the world and updated the townies instead 😂😭
@@courtneyburian453 SAME :D
I’ve been doing lots of binge watching Netflix, reading and downloaded Planet Zoo (anything to transport me to a different world!) and that has been consuming all of my time! Do you still play Planet Zoo? I’d love to see some of your builds! Maybe a let’s play 😊 This build is beautiful, as always. Your videos always brighten my day.
May sound obvious, but i find listening to music very helpful. So for everyone who needs to kill some time and maybe needs some distraction from the ongoing chaos: i recomend the channel deepcuts on yt. its a music review channel and he has a series going on called "five records to get you into (music gengre xy)" which is really great to discover some new music. I recomend his videos about Krautrock and shoegaze especially.
Always enjoy your videos. You always make me laugh. 😂
You are such a talented builder 😱❤❤❤❤❤
I'm jealous 😂💜
*raises hand* Here, Sir!!
Did you do your homework!?!?!?!?
The things getting me through shutdown is definitely animal crossing as well, I spend HOURS trying to crossbreed flowers for new colours haha.. that and watching money heist with my boyfriend using Netflix party.. makes the distance feel smaller ❤️
We want to see Blue! It really would make a big smile on my face, huge dog fan! :D
I like the Florist. It's easily the most elegant shop on the block, but I am partial to pale architecture. There is enough colour and chaos in my head.
Oh dear. I can't possibly tell you what I have been doing. It will be labelled as conspiracy theory nonsense, even though its true LOL! I meant to spend this time doing lots of Sims builds, and instead I've spend my weeks researching and writing articles. Anyway, I did take yesterday off, and caught up on some of your videos. One of your videos was whisper quiet, which was rather unusual. Off to finish another article that people will laugh at, until they stop laughing. 2.69 people have stopped laughing, so it's a scary start. 🤣
Omg! Anne Hathaway, hold my wine. I’m watching a video now!!!
THANK YOU FOR FIXING THE SIDE WINDOWS
Look what i see in my feed haha surprise surprise ! always saving me in theses trying times
Bookshoopp i'm glad to choose this 🤗
Your videos are so relaxing
edit: you should definitely stream on twitch!!
I love your videos 💛 you’re so funny and talented it’s fantastic