maybe someone is just always cancelling your action queue

I am sad that I get that. My Sim life is way more interesting than my real one.

hey dont feel bad; mine too <3
i've got horses in the sims! 8D

I know how you feel man. I walk into a room and forget why i went in there and then this floats across my mind "alzheimer's disease"

My memory is pretty awful too... Make sure you're eating right though, as it's amazing how much of an effect too little (or too much!) of various food types, vitamins and minerals can affect all sorts of random shit ;)

Also, be horribly OCD about structuring your day (ie my general routine of lunch at 1200 - 1230, walk the dog around 1300, dinner at 1730 - 1800, that sort of thing) and if you tend to do specific things, like devoting X amount of time for drawing, try and schedule that too (though I know you arty types tend to need to be in 'the zone' or whatever, making it difficult to schedule) :)