Aspiration benefit

Lifetime aspiration benefits become available to Sims as they fill their Lifetime aspiration bar. There are four areas in which these can be spent: motives, work, primary aspiration and secondary aspiration. Benefits must be gained in order per category. Toddlers and children can only spend points in the motives and work categories until they choose a primary aspiration when they become a teen. However, while toddlers and children can spend points in the work category, those benefits are not useful until a Sim becomes a teen and can get a job.

"Slower Motive Decay" benefits reduce the decay rate for the affected motives by 12%, and are cumulative. For example, if a Sim has the first benefit in the Motives category, and is given the first benefit for the Knowledge aspiration, his or her Social motive will decay even slower.