I see the logic in taking a small job just to keep busy. I did the same thing right after the dot com bust 8 years ago: I took a task from an Indian company to do a Sharepoint clone in Java at a fairly low rate with the understanding that I could set their work aside for a few days at a time when better paying work came along. I never regretted that decision, partially because the guy who hired me was a one time McKinsey manager and he was cool to work with. I live in the mountains in Arizona, BTW, so I do a lot of remote work.