The search for a job

I have just finished my masters degree and am currently unemployed. It makes me insecure and a bit afraid of the future. Not because I don't believe I can offer anything, but afraid of how long it will take to get a job, and not just any job but a job I really like. I have been in a situation before where I hated my job, every day I woke up sad, left my home sad, was sad on the job and went home sad. All this sadness made my life a living hell and I won't go through that again. The job just drained everything out of me, I couldn't handle being social as well as being a alone. And still it took me one year to finally quit my job, the best choice I have made in my life, until now. 

But how should or could I avoid this again?

I have to be honest, speak and act my mind

Today, we live in a society where money/economy is a great deal. We have a lot of unemployment (though not like other countries in the EU) and issues with too little money in the public to care of all the problems in hand. Therefore we see a lot of people having issues on how the government and public spend their money. Some have issues with foreigners and others with the public "security" system, like our rather unique unemployment service, which I am a part of now.

It's not that I don't think we can change the system for something better and more efficient, but I am of the opinion that we should help each other when possible, and therefore I am pro the security system. But I feel the financial crisis, I feel how people think they have a right to decide what is important for someone else. I feel the pettiness of some.

And it's not that I don't apply for jobs and I am totally ready to go out there and start  my career once again. But I like to do it in the right way, the right way for me.
I have already had some friends telling me; "just to get a job", "hey, you just need to get started somewhere" or "It's not important what kind of a job you get, you just need one". Well, I wonder how many of these guys have had an bad experience, ever had an depression or felt that their job drained them. Or maybe these guys are those people, who don't really care about the job but more about the money and their free time?
But I am not one of those people, I care about what I spend my time on, as you're properly working about 8-10 hours a day and I want those hours to be good, exciting, challenging, awarding etc!
I want to wake up energised and ready for a new day, come home happy and ready socialise with friends and family. I want my job to be more than just any other job! I want a job that is meaningful, to me!

Doesn't that make sense?

I know if I should go my own way some will dislike me and my choices, some may even misunderstand my intention.  But that's OK, my true friends will understand and let me follow my heart, help and support me in gaining my goal. In that I find comfort and strength in the pursuit of the right job...for me and even just making the right choices for myself!

By the way, I finished my master the 19th of December and has therefore only been unemployed less than a month!!!