I let my characters (what is logical due to their personalities, motivations, origins, beliefs, ideals, etcetera) set my goals.
Here you go, kuroari, these are my currently active characters. 
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Maethro (Arispotle)
As the son of Jelathnia and Haldir, he is instinctively drawn to melee combat and is motivated to improve his skills in it. He is also especially opposed to the Kitin, as the Order of the Dragonblades was, and being a stronger fighter would make him more able to help in averting them. So he trains his 2H slashing, 1H, and close combat skills. Not toward any particular levels, just to continue gradually improving.
Partially due to the influence of Kas-Dim-Ojin (who went back to the old lands and is mapping them), partially because he was taught by his parents that it's a good practice, partially just because it's useful, and partially because I keep losing all my map marks when tells get bugged and I have to delete my interface files, Maethro is apt to explore, scout, and fill out his map with detailed markings for everything that could possibly be useful to know the locations of.
This tends to go along with mapping: Maethro likes to challenge himself and increase his sneaking skills by traveling through high-level, aggro-dense regions.
So, in summary, these are my goals while playing Maethro:
- grind 2H Sword, 1H Sword, and Dagger
- make map marks
- practice sneaking
But that isn't all I do while playing him, of course. There are still a few roleplayers whose characters he'd know. There are other skills he can dabble in. There are many crafting recipes and nuances that are not only outside Maethro's knowledge, but also outside mine. He hasn't done any of the rites, and I haven't done most of them. If the Ring was up, there'd be several scenarios I could make and run that capitalise on his oscillation between the old lands and the new.
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Tei-Jeng (Leanon)
As a Karavaneer, a recent arrival to the new lands, and a new member of the Argo Navis, Tei has a lot on his plate. He has yet to discover exactly how he can serve Jena and his guild, so he trains everything in a somewhat scatterbrained manner. He's unfamiliar with these places and customs, and since he came from a tribe that spoke a different dialect, he has a whole language to learn (though, fortunately, many of the homins he's met do know some amount of his dialect since it's also spoken in Silan). He's only met a few of his guildfellows thus far and looks forward to meeting more. His map is pretty empty; there are many places he has yet to see, and many teleports he has yet to collect. Having lived without combat skills for 20-30 years in the old lands, he's adept at sneaking; this is both a blessing and a curse, because he can travel without asking for help but has great difficulty becoming competent in combat.
In summary:
- learn German
- meet more Argo Navis members
- meet more roleplayers
- attend outpost battles
- get into FvF tag PvP
- figure out which skills to focus on
- work on those skills
- increase Karavan fame so Tei can visit Karavan temples
- visit a Karavan temple regularly
- increase Matis fame to signify Tei's residency in Yrkanis, his kinship with the Matis in Jena-worship, and to get better merchant prices
- continue increasing Karavan fame so Tei can officially join their faction
- maximise Karavan fame
- explore, to add to Tei's geographical knowledge, and make map marks along the way
- collect teleport pacts and respawn points
- earn dappers so Tei doesn't have to accept gift money again
- buy an apartment in Yrkanis
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Jelathnia (Arispotle)
Though she spends most of her time in the old lands with Kas-Dim-Ojin, Jel occasionally returns for a few days. During these times she catches up with whichever friends remain, and might incidentally work on a skill or two.
- talk to Marelli, Zyratuan, Xyrana, Shylan, Drakfot, and anyone else she knows who happens to be around and awake when she is
- finish the few levels that remain before Mistress of the Blade and Master Forest Forager...or maybe just get both to 249 and stop forever
- work on 2H Range Fight -> Autolauncher, which is something Jel has wanted to do ever since Kas got into it
- appreciate the lack of real death in the new lands
- forage, because it's relaxing
- decrease Slavers fame by slaughtering them
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General and/or OOC goals:
- take lots of screenshots, especially interfaceless TGAs of examples of how gorgeous Ryzom is (I already have 36,637 screenshots in 136 folders, weighing 32.2GB in total)
- see new things, learn new things...I still do, every day
- help people
- shop in Dyron, Natae, Min-Cho, and Avendale to collect excellent and supreme materials for craft experimentation
