How many ways can I split a hair?

It's regrettable, but life has taken a turn for extremely busy lately.  In a mindless way that prevents me from being my usual introspective self.  So many things on my plate, all demanding attention if I want to have a sound future.

I'm making plans to improve on my financial situation and ease my reliance on working with this portrait studio that is basically making hundreds of dollars a day and paying me, after calculating all the hours I work for them, less than minimum wage.  When I realized that this was the case, I was, well, not quite upset, but certainly disappointed.

However, these plans require some investment though, and I'm already having trouble living within my income as it is.  I am hoping not to delay them any longer than I have already because on paper, the return on my investment is mindbogglingly high.  As in the 75% range!  I can't pass up on this opportunity but can't come up with any real solution that doesn't involve selling organs.

I feel like I'm trying to take my income and split it so many ways, but it's only a hair's width wide.  I wonder how many ways I can split a hair.  I've got to catch this opportunity.  Just trying to work out how.