I think earning from faucet is good idea only if you have many referrals. For me personal, it's best way to earn bitcoins for now.
Then you are doing something wrong with your other attempts to make money. Faucets are by far the worst thing to be a part of due to their
extremely small payouts which they have in that level because they are funding themselves with ad revenue.
Why can't people make good amounts having lots of referrals???
The best example is Freebitco.in where many make lots of BTC still just by their referrals' work...
How much have you earned from freebitco.in? I know the owner of this website and hence I tried it few years back and stopped when I got better ways of earning like many people here. Hope you also will find the real value of time soon.