I've been playing the Sims 3 lately because my cousin got the expansion pack for me this Christmas, and I tried to portray my life in the most realistic manner possible, and so far this is what I have.

* My wife is a frugal vegetarian who wants to have a career in business. Though frugal, she wants to donate to charity and likes Art Museums.
* I'm a five-star chef whose boss is a pastry chef.
* Speaking of which, I've developed a so called "romantic interest" with my boss, only to marry someone else later. Yes, I did have the balls to invite her to the wedding, thus making her pissed (as later shown in the boss mood being red under the career section)
* I'm part chef, part relic hunter (it's the adventures expansion pack, and it's the only one they have!). It's fun and thrilling (I still don't want to try Egypt yet. I heard it's got mummies. :P)
* I live in a house called "The Monotone". -> Story of my life.
* I could get so much more done with six hours of sleep.
* I'm proficient at Martial Arts and Photography.

As much as I'm living a good videogame life, it's very monotone unless I spend all my money and just travel around the world frequently being single, living a life similar to Indiana Jones (a less extreme version, of course). I really do want that kind of life though at times since I get promoted in less than five days (but they're Sim days, every minute is like a second in real time), but it's just lacking too much to be actually compared to the real thing.

In the end, even if we take the parts of our lives that we consider lackluster, life would still be the same: We control a lot of it, but we're just restrained.