work & income

In the four and a half months since I've been ''laid-off'' only one person has correctly identified what I really need; an Income. I have no trouble finding Work; in fact the list of things I can find to do far exceed the time I have available to do it in (a commutation, surely, of Parkinson's Law), and Employment I've always regard as something someone finds you to do in order for you to conform to the requirements of society. The latter I could live without, really; it has no merit other than a short cut between the first and second. Even Self-Employment won't do.

What I'm actually looking for is the key to Self-Reliance.