Better focus on reaching max level atm which is 50.
Then you’ll have time to explore the open world or start finding items/mounts or things in general you wish to collect and start farming them on weekly basis.
This is gonna be your wingman http://www.wowhead.com/
When you are stuck on a quest or you dont kno what to do or when you need info about an item or w/e,just use wowhead and scroll down below to comments to find your answer.
You dont have to worry about your gear since you gonna replace everything when SL arrives.
Atm just focus on getting used to game mechanics,your spec/class and hitting max level.
Hf