You haved hit the nail on the head my friend.
I got my FATPL back in 2001 (2 months after 9/11). Basically, I love flying. Flying anything. I have some turbo prop time, I instruct out of Cranfield and above all, I do not aspire to fly a bus back and forth, day after day, year after year. Yes, the money is good, but I like spending time with my wife and friends and my present position allows me this. I have a company that affords me a nice standard of living, but I still look forward most of all to the days I spend in an aircraft. Don't care if it is the Gulfstream or a PA28. The challenge is the same and the experience always fullfilling.
There are too many people out there who appear to want to be pilots so they can tell people they are a pilot. Come on, being a pilot is about just being in the air - In whatever.
Good call and enjoy your time in the air.