Day trading is actually risky because it is hard to manage your trades, watching the charts all day, and preventing yourself to have losses, that is why there are only few people who does day trading. But the advantages of day trading is that you can earn much faster than long term trading.
Undoubtedly day trading brings very good results and many traders make big profits, while spending a lot of free time on their activities. The question is posed very interesting and, in principle, understanding the reality of day trading, you can understand the contradiction that lies in the question itself, since day trading can give a good profit, but this money will not be realized, because there is no time left after day trading for personal life.