So What Happens Now?

Well, this is it. The end of the Great Adventure. I'm back once again at Shannon Airport. My bags are checked and I'm through security. Hopefully they all make it through intact. I could still turn around one more time, but if I did so now, I'd be returning to Galway with nothing but the clothes on my back, my laptop and my pipes, whistles and harmonicas. Hmmm.... come to think of it, that's not all that bad. Heh.

No, all great things must come to an end, and this is a good end. Staying last week was the right decision. So was shuffling things around again to come back today rather than in another two weeks. My last week was good, and my final night last night was just right. Not going out with some crazy bang, but certainly not the near-literal whimper that my last "last night in Galway" was.

I've been thinking a lot for a while now about not only what life is going to be like for me after I get home, but also specifically, what purpose this blog will hold. It's easy to imagine that it will not be as interesting reading about some schmuck living and working back home in Michigan. I'm sure for a bit, I'll still fill it with reflections and memories, but it won't take long for that content to dry up. As to how I will rectify that in the long run, I'm still trying to figure out.


But, I have figured one thing out.

This entire trip, as much as being an adventure, has been an accomplishment. It was a goal and a dream, and I made it happen. So what to do after accomplishing something like that?

Do it again. Find another goal. Fulfill another dream.

One other thing that I've long believed is that I have a book in me. Or a screen play, perhaps. My next Great Adventure is to find it, excavate it, and get it published.

I have a lot of ideas, including fiction and non-fiction. Certainly I have ideas and inspirations I can take from this trip, but I have many other passions in life that have been little touched upon in this space that I can tap into as well.

The possibilities are endless. But among whatever else I keep track of here, I plan to continue to chronicle my progress on this next goal here, or in some similar follow-up site.

Stay tuned!