What Do I WANT to do?

I get that question all the time from people who know that I am job searching. At first, it always seemed like a dumb question. I mean, who really wants to have a job? “Oh yeah, if I had the choice I would get up at six every weekday to drive for an hour or so to this little room where I would sit and listen to other people tell me what to do and criticize everything I do and….” What do you think I want to do? I want to sleep in, stay home and do whatever I feel like doing whenever I feel like. Are they really asking me “what are you settling for?” and just trying to sound nice about it? They seem interested in what I am going to be doing for the rest of my life, not what my aspirations are.
And then I realized that a lot of peoples’ dream jobs really are feasible. Getting paid to do things you would otherwise have done for free or even paid to do-that is my definition of a dream job. Not something you settled for or just do for the money-something that you really enjoy. And some people really do enjoy what they do. I honestly have never had one of those, but I think these might just be different:
Video Game Reviewer-Video games and writing, the two greatest achievements in the entire history of humankind, together? Brilliant! I have actually even been doing this for free with no complaints, and I sure would not be complaining if a salary were involved.
Novelist, Fiction-The imagination is such a fun thing to work with. Non-fiction would be interesting to do as well, but what I really want to do is tell my own stories. Reality has its limits. The only restrictions known to the mind are those imposed by its user.
Artist-Much like the above.
There are probably more. It is important to have dream jobs (at least, ones that are realistic), something to shoot for. Aim for the top, maybe you can at least get close.