[kugelblitz]

Yeah, really sucks, am in similar boat. Also single income household with runway running out. Am a freelance contractor, projects are rarer than last year. My last long contract ended earlier than I thought. Was able to get a one month project through a colleague, but that also ended now. Most of my leads have dried up. And my side project usually brings in 20-50% of monthly income / profit, but the last months was actually losing money (it's a niche jobboard, so yeah).

Did calculations, and will reduce my regular rate by 15%, because 6 months at 85% is better than 5 months at 100%. Got a 1 day/week contract for now, and will look for something additional 4-5 days / week.

I assume you have looked into weworkremotely.com and remoteok.io? Maybe reaching out to recruiting agencies like Michael Page or Hays are worth a shot.

Good luck to you!