I am afraid I have to disagree with the last two postings. I agree I feel very lucky to do a job that I actually chose to do, as opposed to most people who somehow find themselves in a job, but it is still just a job.
I believe there are two kinds of people in this discussion:
Those who live to fly and those who fly to live.
I am the latter and therefore am happy to have nothing to do with planes in my off time.
Unfortunately, it can be the case that certain peple who fall into the first category come across as shallow and with no interests outside of flying and that can become boring.
Each to their own though...