I feel like i'm not progressing in VV3 and that many things take too long. Should I pause the game when I'm done playing for the day or leave it unpaused? Does it depend on how long I plan not to play it?

Thanks in advance!

Well, during the begining, with the sharks, you should pause before bed each day. Once the sharks are gone and your Villagers have a nice flow of food, you can leave it unpaused.

I hope this helps!

Yep, and when you have a lot of farmers to harvest the food, as well, because if you only have one, it could get sick in the night and stop harvesting. I only start to leave my games unpaused after I have cleared the sharks, have at least three farmers, at least 1000 food in the storage bin, and have a population of 20 or more.

Okay thanks!