There hasn't really been any methodical way that I've been exploring SL--I go where my whim takes me. When you teleport to a new region, there is almost always advertisements for similar places to visit. It is also helpful to check out the popular places advertised on the SL website. You can also find plenty of noob info there.
My travels have led me to a lot of shopping (lol), which is something I love to do in Real Life (but hardly get the chance to do since I'm a recently-graduated student swamped by bills and loan payments). Now, I have TONS of new clothes for my avatar and I'm running out of L$! So I started looking for a job, but because I am just a week and a half old there are not a lot of options.
I've chosen a very popular route for SL females--dancing and escorting. The fact that I've also been a stripper in real life influenced me in this decision. The reason why dancing/escorting is so popular in SL is its humongous and infinitely varied adult industry. It makes sense when you think about it. A virtual social world where you can be anonymous and completely safe from physical harm...of course people are going to explore their inner pervert! I believe there is a pervert in all of us; its as human as love and greed. (Do I sound like Freud?)
Exploring the sexual side of my new world was not something that I had originally planned to do. I was mostly interested in the SL culture, as sociology is something I've long been obsessed with. I also wanted to meet people and create things. I've never done any kind of virtual creation, and SL is rich in these types of resources.
But now that the sexploration opportunity has presented itself...I've been thinking about some risque things I could do. For now, I'll leave it at that.
