Should I Travel Nurse?

[ontheEdgeof17]

Well. Here I am. In Morgantown, WV. Medicore friends. A BF, whom I haven't talked to since I've been back from Vegas. A job I am comfortable in, with great co-workers. Freedom. Lonliness. A dead-in.

All my life, I have wanted to explore. I have yearned for lifelong friends. People that I can invite over for dinner and drinks. I don't have that here. I haven't found someone to be there for me. Although my work gives me the time and resources to travel, it's just not the same by myself.

I feel like travel nursing is a good opportunity to venture out on my own, maintain a job, and meet new people and have new experiences. But I'm afraid. What if that doesn't happen? What if I want to come back here, but my job will be gone? What if I get really homesick? What if my parents become ill? What if my jobs suck and are difficult to handle? What if it's me that needs to change and not my enviroment?

There are sooo many "what ifs". I'm so depressed here. I want to move on. On the other side, I would leave a good job behind for one that could be more stressful. Is it worth it? Is it worth leaving what I know for the unknown? Is it worth leaving so called friend for the possibilty of meeting new ones? Will traveling around the nation actually make me more happy and content?

Help me.