Is it really better to daytrade instead of just investing?

I've been investing in stocks and crypto currency and now I want to start learning trading but I see that a 1% return per month is consider "good" that's only 12% a year or a little more if you reinvest the money but my question is... What is the point of working so Hard if you could just put your money in the Syp500 and get a 10% without doing nothing? Even a 2% montly doesnt seem too atractive to me because you could get the same amount or way more just investing in crypto and doing nothing...