I wish that was possible for me but I don't think I have a single creativity bone in my body. I couldn't even design a proper looking house in the Sims 3.
Badges, museum collection, and museum rooms to decorate. With the new items in the RV I'm going to decorate some Museum rooms.
The mayor finished her badges this summer. Before she was done I started sending my other players out to play.
Once the mayor got the ping or enough rumor talk I let one of the players out to play. Let me go to the island or hang with the villagers. Found the villagers were more happy when they extra players talked to them. Along the way those players have completed most of their badges. Found it made the game more fun. Now that the main town mayor is done I still enjoy just sitting with a villager on the bench for awhile. I'm happiest in my main town and I have 4 real towns.