Too tired of my job!

The past few months I've been getting really tired of my job.

After I left school I worked in two 9 to 5 jobs. Five years later and I was absolutely sick and tired of the 9 to 5 system, working for a boss, and never having any free time during the week, and weekends being too short!

Since then I've had two jobs that involve shiftwork which allows more free time during the week which is fantastic. The only thing now is I'm growing incredibly tired of the 5:30AM (early shift) and 6:30AM (relief shift) starts that are required in my current job. So much so in fact that nowadays the day before my first early or relief shift I'm dreading the thought of having to get up so early for the next three days (we always do three of the same shift type in a row).

My problem is I desperately want to escape the nasty hours I do but cannot go back to 9 to 5 work. I'd love to be a freelance photographer but need to make the huge step in earning the money from my pictures that I don't earn at the moment!

Any help or ideas much appreciated, I have to go now but will post more later...

EDIT Just to add I also really, really want to escape the working for a boss scenario, I'd love to be self-employed. Even if I was making and selling something to earn some of my wage, or had an internet business of some kind?