In a dilemma

I 23(F) recently graduated and wueh, the situation on the ground is tougher than I anticipated! For months now I've tried looking for work; full-time, remote or anything at all without success. I've always done freelancing while in school but even these opportunities are nowhere to be seen. Now comes the problem of rent, as we speak I don't know how I'm going to pay next month's rent. I've talked to my mum about this whole situation and her advice was to go home and wait for a job. It makes sense right? But there are a few concerns, my home is in Nyanza interior so 1, there are no jobs in my home town and 2 I'm at risk of being absorbed into the village life. A friend of mine did this, it's been a year since and she's almost giving birth, but still no job. I don't want the same fate, I want to remain in this cursed city and make sth of myself. I want to make my mum proud before I go home. What do you guys think? Am I being reckless given that I have no means of sustaining myself?