I flew my last passenger flight in 1986 (380 of them on that flight). I really had had an overdose of passenger flying by then, having started moving punters around in 1962.
I got pointed in the direction of a new start-up cargo operation operating brand new freighters and loved it so much that I stayed until I had to retire at age 65 some 19 years later.
I got payed well (and always on time) and ended up with a good pension. The flying was demanding and mostly at night but I had lots of days off and plenty of leave. However, the main advantage was that flying boxes around was so much easier on the health than SLF.
I only flew around 350 - 400 hours per year. My old mates were in the bucket and spade brigade and they were flying 900 hours a year of which 300-odd were at night anyway. I just didn't have to bother with the 500 hours day!
If you can find a good cargo job then go for it.