I recently returned from a year long trip around the world and now I face the dreaded post-trip blues while trying to reassemble a life back home. I need to find a job, get a place to live and figure out how to cope with a stationary life. I thought writing about it will help with the transition.

I'm taking my wanderlust to a new level by shedding everything familiar and safe and hitting the road with a one way ticket and lots of guts. I start in Ireland, with planned stops in E. Europe before arriving in Egypt, then onto Tanzania for a Mt. Kili climb/safari before arriving in Zanzibar. From there, S. Africa, India, SE Asia, Australia/NZ, and eventually S. America. Afterward skidding home on fumes of glory, whereupon I will quickly be couch-surfing until I can land on my feet again.