Great posts
Some great posts and some good advice here. I'm afraid the truth is that eventually flying does become a job like any other and no I couldn't believe that would happen to me either! Ask Hugh Grant and he'll tell you he finds acting boring too.
It's hard to imagine this when you're a wannabe and totally absorbed in aviation but after a while most people start to want to earn more money for less work and that means a better company and job. It's those better companies and jobs that are in short supply so those of us already on the lower rungs of the food chain are almost as frustrated as the job hunting wannabe.
Frankly the problem with flying now is exactly as Avius said - the extended time off and pay that helped to compensate for not being home on your Daughter's birthday are no longer there - ergo you start to reassess the priorities in your life.