I assume you work 5 days a week? Can you not go to 4 days a week and spend 1 day working on your side project full time until it has enough merit? If you do, ma

I assume you work 5 days a week? Can you not go to 4 days a week and spend 1 day working on your side project full time until it has enough merit? If you do, make your day a Wednesday, not a Friday, otherwise it just becomes part of the weekend.