Firstly, I’d like to clarify that the ‘cheating’ referred to in the heading relates not to any dishonest or even unethical acts, it refers to the lies we have to tell ourselves to fit our budget. Key amongst these is accounting for time, which will be covered, but there is also the aspect of calling in favours, which cannot truly be described as free.
When I described my concept to a certain friend, he immediately replied ‘so you’re creating a community of blaggers?’. I have a feeling he wasn’t entirely joking! He did, however go on to do me a big favour (thank you Adrian).
The key thing about favours – particularly from friends - is that they have to be earned and they have to be repaid so in reality it’s a loan (a loan of time and skills) but I’ve a funny feeling that repayments won’t show in future accounts; I will have to do something with my conscience about this.
The first big favour – and interesting lesson learned was a website. Having spent several days of my employer’s time (no comment needed) fiddling about, I recognised that this – to put it mildly – was not one of my core skills. I posted on Facebook asking for help and received several responses along the lines of ‘have you asked so-and-so?), but no direct offers of help. So I asked ‘so-and-so’ (thanks Phil!) and the job was done!
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