I don't think I'll ever earn a paycheck again

The workplace doesn't want me. The best I've done over the last few years was a Christmas temporary job I had for a few weeks. The only thing I can find is temporary employment, and if I take a temp job they keep me in a permanent state of limbo -- never to be hired permanently. I've not been using any government assistance, no unemployment or food stamps, and barely getting by isn't getting it done anymore. My mother has been giving me money every month for the past couple of years, and I want to stop that. I guess I'm not sure what to do now. I'm tired of working for temp agencies that are skimming off of my paychecks and keeping me from getting long term benefits that every employee deserves. I can't bring myself to do something like MTurks for less than minimum wage an hour and meanwhile lining Jeff Bezos pockets in process. I'm not a salesman so all of these telecommute jobs based on commission do nothing for me. The best I can come up with is flipping stuff on Ebay. Sure, there have been plenty of successful people that have done this, but I'm guessing that it's just getting more and more competitive out there.

The thing is I don't need to make much to get by. In my current situation $800 a month would cover things, but I can't seem to figure out how to even make that much.

I guess I'm looking for advice. I can't be the only one here that doesn't fit in in the workplace but still has to earn a living. Without giving away any secrets that might hurt you, what do you do to get by?

I made myself my own temp. I had a background in accounting support so drafted a letter and sent it to lots of local accounting firms in December, explaining that they were going to have the tax rush for 2-3 months and all their employees were going to be busy, how'd they like a backup to do their "normal" day-to-day work; phone answering, filing, etc. while they worked 24/7 on their clients taxes.

Figure our a need that corresponds with what you can do and then fill it. How about doing quarterly/yearly inventory for stores? That's a common temp job; if you've done it before and don't mind doing it, make up your own brochure and send it out every 2-3 weeks, over and over; you'd be better than the usual warm body they get from temp agencies; could undercut the agency fees because you wouldn't have overhead and yet you'd get more than the agency types, etc. Since they'd be doing their inventory different days for different stores, you might be able to get fairly steady work/clients and then you could pick and choose the most lucrative.

Get a job with a small/local moving company? I had a friend who did that summers as he was going to school; it was hard work but paid well, was good exercise, etc. The company that moved me to this house; had a older guy managing and a bunch of much younger types who never opened their mouth they almost weren't allowed to! You wouldn't have to interact with customers or sell anything.

I always wanted to be the car dealership guy that drove the used cars to the State emissions place for their tests or the DMV for paperwork or the repair shop guy that went and picked up parts wherever they do that. If I had a car I'd see if I could get a job with a messenger service; law firms, etc. have to get original paperwork to courts and government agencies all the time and other types of firms move paper around like from engineer to architect, and back, etc.

Call civil engineer/surveyor firms and see if they need a "rod man"; he's part of a survey crew and stands where he's told to holding a stick so they can do their surveying from here to there :-) Easily pays $8-$10/hr. and you work early to mid-day. How about flag men on construction sites for roads, bridges, etc. where they stand there with the "Stop"/"Slow" sign and direct traffic?