Invest in bitcoins and in altcoins. Invest in a lot of coins not 1 or 2. You can then see which coin is rising and then you can full invest in it. I also claim from faucets from 5 sites the satoshi is send instantly to my coinpot account i can withdraw them when they are 10k worth of satoshi. It is not much but it is bitcoins xD.
Doing faucets and trying to justify that it is not too much but it is bitcoins is like picking up small rocks in a place full of big rocks and saying "It's small but it's still a rock." There's a lot of other opportunities out there and you don't have to stick with your current ways. You don't have to continue doing faucet. Right now, you are aware that the payment is really low on that. Surely you can google "Ways to earn bitcoin" and see better ways than faucets. Faucets are like the lowest thing you can do in bitcoin. Signature campaigns pay really well and just one payment from sig camp is like thousands of clicks in a faucet site. Just think about that. Remember that your time is also a resource and you have to use it well. Value your time and stop wasting it on faucets. Doing faucets one whole day every day doesn't even cover up your electric bill and internet bill.