Hoping to commiserate

I'm just curious if there's anyone out there who shares my feelings. Maybe I'm feeling sorry for myself, or in a career slump, or just tired (I am). I've been a RN for going on 26 years and a travel nurse for about a year now (4 assignments). In my opinion, travel nursing really is not as glamorous as it seems and while the money is better than staff nursing, trust me, it is not as good as most think. While I have been to areas that I probably wouldn't have visited otherwise, I've discovered that premium assignments to really desirable areas are pretty rare. When beginning an assignment, there's the trouble of finding your way around a foreign area, learning completely different policies, protocols, and processes, as well as having new coworkers talk down to you and management that treat you like a commodity (or worse). Finally, there's the ever present worry of securing your next contract in 3 months and possibly having a breakdown on the road or a whole host of other hiccups that are common to this lifestyle. I know everything in life is relative and what you make of it, but at age 52, I wonder if this is really for me.