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So I'm going to turn down much higher paying jobs with benefits and higher prestige to take a job test water for pollution and bacteria.

Just to give you an idea of the jobs I'm turning down they're mostly lab tech jobs from huge companies like Melendez and Givaudan that pay somewhere between 36-50 thousand for a job that pays 13 an hour and will be part time until May and I could possibly lose my job in October.

Part of the reason I'm doing this is that it's a very small company, like they had to hire six people just to start this project, I can see that they're having organic growth and they're pretty much much tripling every year, and I also feel like this, environmental work, is something that I deeply care about.

I'm currently sitting on about 13 grand in savings and my student loans won't even come into play until next January and seeing as I live at home and how easy it was to get most of these jobs I don't really see a downside, other than less money, for taking these jobs. My parents haven't tried to talk me out of it either.

I just want to make sure I'm not absolutely crazy for turning down opportunities at these other jobs. I had a job for a short time working as a lab tech at a genetic company and I couldn't stand it as I felt like what I was doing didn't matter. I feel like I'd have the same feeling at these other companies as they're food and fragrance companies and that's not something I'm particular passionate about.

tl;dr I'm passing on much higher paying jobs to take a lower paying one because I'd like it more and would be passionate about it. Am I stupid for doing this?