Since it's a one player game, you can't really "cheat"
As long as you're having fun, don't worry too much about helping yourself out.
MGE does have an option to disable the console, so you cannot use it.
I don't feel bad for cheating, I just feel that it took the fun out of the game. I refuse to use MGE since I heard it makes the FPS slower, and I have enough mods making the game slower as it is. I have this weird love of putting in mods that add in historical castles. Not sure why, I just love exploring those giant monsters. I also love using multiple house mods to give the game more life to it somehow.
I don't use any external launchers that extend any part of the game ever since MWSE stopped working on my old computer. I have a much more powerful computer now, but I still refuse to use mods that require external script extension. I had to use the console to complete that one Tribunal quest where you kill some guys for a "cause". The reason for this was because every method I attempted just failed. I tried using command spells. No luck. I just set the target's fight to 100, and that quest could finally be called complete. I like to mess around with the game, and the console lets me, so no point in actually making it impossible to use.
Besides, what if I want it to rain elves? Haha.