Meet all of the people in one city and establish myself as a citizen by raising everyone's disposition through speech-craft and bribes. Then I'll mod myself a house and bask in the glory of the unexplored world, only venturing out for specific reasons, so that I can get a feel of the city's atmosphere.
After I've lived that up for a while, I'll start a character to run off and quickly do the MQ, and then my extreme amounts of roleplaying, modeling, texturing, and building will start.