The changes I made to my daily routine by cutting back on travel costs have taken their toll this week.

I get grumpy and irritated by the amount of time I spend on trains- and more importantly waiting for them.

Lack of money has also made me paranoid about wasting food and I get obsessive over my packed lunch management.

To try and ease my financial suffering I'm going to try and make some more money to supplement my measly income.

Over the last few days I've started looking through my possessions to see if there are any that I could live without.

I'm going to look into ways of selling them- online, in an ad in the paper. Perhaps I'll even look into car boot or jumble sales.