I live in Germany and work for US companies, which is quite lucrative.
I only work a few months a year.
I only work a few months a year.
At the moment I try to make a living by blogging (mostly ghostwriting) less risk than software development, okay-ish pay and flexible work. I also got a teaching gig at a university here, teaching frontend and mobile development.
When I started, I found projects by simply looking online for offers and write emails to companies.
If you make >100€/hour and only need 20k€/year you can calculate how much hours you need to work a year to pay for everything.