How do I feel settled when I only get short-term and temp work?

You want solid ground, a place to stand, and instead you keep landing on stepping stones that move. The wish to feel settled is deeply human. But notice you have been landing, again and again. You keep finding work. That is not nothing. That is a kind of security you may not be giving yourself credit for. Settledness does not have to come from one long job. It can come from you, from routines that stay the same no matter which gig you are in, from savings that grow, from skills that make you wanted anywhere. That kind of ground you carry with you, and no ending contract can take it. Build one constant that does not depend on the job, a morning routine, a running savings habit, a weekly check-in with your own goals. Anchor yourself to that. When the outside keeps shifting, you make the steadiness on the inside.