Then how about a new thing called “wishes” which then would be separate from thoughts and would serve as a guideline on things upon which the player can improve for the Hearthlings to feel better.
Like little icons on the bottom of the thoughts page…
A few such wishes could be:
- “I wish I had my own room.” (and so the negative thought, which makes little sense, can go or stay with loners only)
- “I wish we had chairs and tables.”
- “I wish my room was more decorated.” (this would trigger if the hearthling had his/her own room, and then a decorated room would also be a +)
and so on…