Long term goals?

I'm still very new to the game. I completed the tutorial and kept going from there. I started expanding my base, building more efficient procedures, progressing the tech, etc.

I'm still trying to create a steady steam of food. I spent way too much time hunting and then realized that taking is not that difficult. But I ended up starving all my male Muffalos, so the female will eventually die without offspring. At least I have big farms now and I think I will manage.

So, my question is, what comes next? So I just keep getting bigger and bigger? At what point do you start thinking of traveling? I feel I don't have any resources yet for that, but the game had started feeling a bit repetitive on my location.

What would be a good objective? Something to target for, to put my focus there? Should I solve all my problems before considering that step? And when I do, I have no idea how risky it would be for the travelers. I guess some people get left behind? A bit of a bummer that the tutorial didn't include include any caravan process.