I embrace new avenues of income.

Half the second incomes in the world began as a favour. You fixed somebody's website, made a cake for a christening, translated a letter — and then a friend of theirs rang and offered to pay.

The awkward part is the first invoice. It means reclassifying something you enjoyed as something you sell, and plenty of people stall there on a vague feeling that charging spoils it.

New avenues seldom announce themselves as opportunities. They usually turn up looking like a favour somebody wants to repeat.