Second life

I've changed my character, I think I'm happy with my avatar now. It looks nothing like me, I thought I would go for a change like my Habbo character. I also found out I can bypass the training segment of second life, so i didn't have to complete that flying segment that I was having difficulty with. The actual world in second life is very large and rather overwhelming, I really don't know what I should doing. I've walked around a lot but haven't really found anything so I just talk to random people, so it's just like a 3d chat room so far.