In my case, in my self-loathing younger days, I answered the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?” with “I want to be a garbage collector.”
Now, I’m collecting garbage, but because I want to apply the boy scout principle: leave the place cleaner than when you arrived.
I wished that I could have every single video game ever made
With emulation it is possible to do that.
But you fall out of the video game hobby and you don’t find enjoyment out of playing.
This reads more like a traditional “monkey’s paw” scenario though