Sod it - while i'm trying to cure insomnia reading 10 year old dashed dreams (unlucky
@LiE - but at least your d*** isn't spackled with genital warts due to the 'lucky-dip' nature of your dream job
) - a couple of jobs come to mind:
A Pro-golfer that is 'consistently' just outside the world top 10 (perhaps with the added luck where I almost win a major, in a memorable play-off, to secure decent sponsors but without the pressure that winning would ultimately bring).
You would still make great money, travel the world, and you can play into your 50s. Plus, the big bonus of skirting the top 10 means minimal media attention and by extension less external expectation/pressure to win.
Finish your tournament, token sound bites to the media and then off to the 19th hole...
...week later next tournament in warm idyllic settings - rinse and repeat until it's no longer fun and rich (i'm conveniently ignoring all the practice required in my dreaming).
That, or a successful session player (guitar/piano). Again, would earn great money, doing what you love, and still get to travel the world meeting interesting people, and fly under the radar in the media...
Basically, any job that you're passionate about and pays grotesquely well but with the added bonus you get to switch off and relax at the end of the day and move onto other projects relatively quickly.