Canning Town

My Money explores how people across the UK manage their spending in a typical week.

As prices rise, Bbc News has been hearing about their ways of cutting costs and the financial choices they have to make.

Aaron 'Mr A' Beveney, is a 33-year-old DJ from East London .

He earns around £3,000 a month depending on how many gigs he gets and rents a room in a shared house for £575.

I had meetings to plan work for the week and sent invoices for the weekend's gigs.

I spent £5 on The Tube fare when I went to meet a client in Knightsbridge and bought lunch for £30.

Later, I bought dinner from an amazing Caribbean shop near My House for £10, which I prepared At Home . I'm pretty health conscious and try to eat as much homemade food as I can.

I then went to football, which cost £10 to pay The Subs .

Amazon Prime was Taken Out at £6. 99 as well as an Apple app at £21. 99.

That means today's total spending was £83. 98.

I work from home a lot during the week organising The Hero Games, an upcoming documentary series featuring emerging artists in the community.

This has drastically reduced my travel costs and means I eat out less during The Day . I bought lunch from Tesco, which cost £10.

I cancelled my gym membership a while back and built a gym in my garage. I trained there today, and friends often come over to join me for a workout session.

I don't charge people to workout there, but some pay £20-30 for a training session, so I've made money from it.

I DJ at lots of places across London. I had a gig at Sushi Samba, a rooftop restaurant in The City , for their staff party and had a few free drinks. My Uber home cost £25.

£85 went to Bt Broadband & TV, I paid a Transport for London congestion fine of £85 and £4. 25 more went to TfL.

In total I spent £209. 25.

I had a dentist's appointment which set me back £180, and I had to pay for a speed awareness course which was £92.

Lunch cost £15. 50 at Caribbean Flavours and dinner from Tesco was £9. 95.

Everything came to £297. 45.

I gave a lesson to a DJ student who comes over To My home studio. They paid me £200 for a two-hour session (£100 per hour).

Lunch from Tesco was £8. 95, home cleaning products to tidy The House cost £11. 34 and I bought some fruit and veg from The Market for £4. 20.

A friend came over to train and later an old friend visited for a takeaway, so I got us Chinese for £25. 00.

Today I earned £200 and spent £49. 49.

I bought lunch for £10 and had dinner at my favourite Vietnamese restaurant in Shoreditch for £19. 13.

Then I got ready to DJ at Annabel's private members nightclub, where I get paid £500 a set.

I spent £29. 13.

I drove to two meetings about music and put petrol in my car for £50.

If I'm going to spend so much money on petrol then where I'm driving should Make Me money, for a meeting or for a gig.

I had meetings at Jin Bo Law, a rooftop bar in Aldgate, then LDN East nightclub in Canning Town . I get free drinks at both.

In the evening, I met a friend at Sushi Samba and bought a round of drinks for £70. 37.

A subscription for a design app called 'Beautiful Ai' came out of my bank account at £24. 30. I use that for making presentations.

When I'm gigging, it isn't unusual for me to DJ at three or four venues in One Day or night. I did that on New Year 's Eve and it was fantastic to get to experience four different parties in one evening.

Tonight, I finished The Night at Village Underground and bought a bottle of water for £5. 80.

Today's total spend was £150. 47.

Sundays are usually quite chilled, especially if I've been gigging on Saturday or had a Night Out .

I'm a massive animal lover and I bought a laser pen for my cat on Amazon for £12. 99, as well as £10 for The Hero Games website domain subscription.

My Sunday spending came to £22. 99.

Overall, This Week I have spent £842. 76.

I've had two years without a steady income or support network, so I feel proud I can now get through life.

I'm Getting By , I'm Still Here and I'm only going to make more money by doing great things with Good People .

Source of news: bbc.com