My 2 jobs with opposing pay and interest

JeremyEisenbarger: I am in my early 30s with a professional career that is progressing nicely with several promotions already since college graduation. I am passionate about the work I am doing and obviously very happy about the upward trajectory of my career. I (and others) can see myself climbing this corporate ladder and become one of the senior executives in the firm.
Having said that, I also have immense interest and a passion for menial labor low level jobs especially those that require workers to wear uniforms with a retro style. About a year ago, I actually found a second job in a nearby town working graveyard shift as a dishwasher in a truck stop diner. I can't wait to get off work in my day job so I can catch a few hours of sleep before driving almost an hour to the restaurant so I can put on that paper cap and begin work doing all the dishes and later in the night sweeping floors in the diner and even cleaning the toilets. My only regret was having to quit after a few weeks because the lack of sleep catching up to me. The itch for working in these jobs got hold of me again a little over a month ago. I managed to get a job working Saturdays and Sundays in a car wash as an attendant. While everyone in the office are talking about how they spend the weekends, I would wake up early, drive over an hour to the car wash, put on the coverall uniform with a big company name patch on my back, and work the full day both days. I actually love this job also, but my concern is what if some of my friends, coworkers, or worse yet my family or supervisors at work, saw me working there. I try to find jobs at a distant location so less chance for that, but what happen if they saw me working as a car wash attendant. I know that this is really none of their business as long as I enjoy the work, but I would not be able to live it down. Also, will it affect my career trajectory in my day job? Finally, should I just focus on my day job with good pay and a career ahead or should I continue with the job that I absolutely love.

SandraLea: quit the day job and scrub stuff

Selfishness: Hi boss man, have you thought about starting your own company? If you have, then would you consider earning more money from your first job so that you could please start your own company doing the job that you absolutely love and then quitting your first job? This way, a lack of sleep, your pay, and your position in the minds of your family members, your friends, and your co-workers wouldn’t be a problem because you would please be the boss man. Also, any reactions from your supervisors wouldn’t matter because they wouldn’t be your supervisors.

JeremyEisenbarger: Thank you Selfishness. That is a great suggestion and a plan.

Selfishness: You're welcome, boss man.

JeremyEisenbarger: Little did I know that this comes back and bite me big time now with the pandemic downturn

Selfishness: Do you need a source of income? :]

Roberta_in_AL: Sort of the same way, Jeremy. My workdays were reduced due to COVID. Since I was separated, we need the $, so I took a 2nd job cleaning houses and essential business, with all the safeguards. Before, we had a housekeeper for our house and I arranged janitorial cleaning for our offices. Now it's reversed, and I'm getting the experience of how hard the people worked, for how little they get. This experience shows me how important these "menial" jobs are, and the good people who do them and why they do them.

JeremyEisenbarger: Thanks for asking Selfishness! My only source of income now is the car wash attendant job. Minimum wage but its better than unemployed i guess. Can't get back to my regular career at all; only couple of interviews so far.