Hi, We’re trying to make the sandbox mode as logical as possible. Most of the time, you don’t even need to look at the hints — just live in the game: wake up, go to school, go to work, follow the story, which tells you when and what to buy. We believe there isn’t a single moment in the game where you need to visit a location without any logical reason to do so.
yeah after finishing the update (and knowing what i was missing, which was to buy something i had forgotten), i guess most of the stuff makes sense
that being said, i think the phone always has that exclamation mark, so unless i check hints or click on the phone every time, i wouldn't know when i actually had a message