You all influenced me to do this challenge of 7 days with £10. Thank you!

So I did it. I've been influenced by people in this sub taking on the challenge of living of £10 for 7 days. I'm the type of person who always focusses on myself so it's nice to spend a week in the shoes of someone just trying to make ends meet. <br><br>My girlfriend and I are well off. We don't need to worry about money at all. She was worried I'd be too hungry while I did this challenge and doing it with a partner would be important for her so I said we're doing it together so we can support each other. We're strong willed so we made it work.<br><br>I started with some planning. People in the comments were giving me tips about how to do this. <br><br>I started with £10 and went to the local corner shop to see what I could get. <br><br>I worked out £10 could get me a few carrots, a few potatoes, 1 loaf of bread, a jar of curry powder and a tin of curry paste. This was enough to get through a day. I'd get a little hungry in the evening but I could do it. Until I noticed the shop next door. <br><br>I worked out £10 could get me 4kg of potatoes, 1kg of carrots, 4 loaves of bread, 2 big tubs of curry powder and 4 tins of curry paste. <br><br>I could now get through a day quite comfortably. I could have a big potato curry for lunch of 3 potatoes and some paste. Then in the evening 2 potatoes with some carrot and curry powder. In the morning a couple of slices of bread. <br><br>I had a little bit of curry powder left over so I made a curry sauce for the potatoes. A little tablespoon of water and I had a curry sauce! My girlfriend was very proud of me. <br><br>Next day carrots and potatoes with curry powder. <br><br>Day 3 was tough. My loaf of bread was gone and the shop in the village was closed on Mondays. I had to travel to the next shop. A walk of about 30 minutes! <br><br>But I walked the 30 minutes. It was a big shop! I could top up my bread and get a few loaves. <br><br>I worked out £10 could get me 10 loaves of bread, 10kg of potatoes and 10 tins of beans. I live in a bungalow so no stairs to carry them to. Wow! <br><br>My girlfriend was excited. We had all this bread now. Until we worked out it was 10 days worth of bread. We'd never finish it all now. <br><br>Day 4 was tough. I'd eaten a few slices of bread and had a big bean curry. But I was feeling unhappy and miserable, not really hungry just miserable. <br><br>I started to think. I'm only 3 days in with 4 days left. I'm well off. I can buy some chicken and make myself a nice chicken curry. Until I thought what if I wasn't well off. I'm just a normal person who needs to make ends meet. I don't have a choice. <br><br>I went for a walk in the fields and thought a lot about my situation. Why am I feeling miserable all of a sudden. It's only a week. I'm eating. I'm fine. <br><br>I didn't know how to deal with it. <br><br>That evening my girlfriend cooked a curry with some of the paste I'd bought and a few potatoes/carrots. <br><br>I didn't understand. I thought we were living off £1.43 a day. Why are you cooking dinner for us? <br><br>Then I worked it out. We'd bought a lot of £10 worth of food. Enough to last us for a few weeks. I didn't have to live off £1.43 a day. I had plenty of food so I could be happy. <br><br>That night when we were eating dinner, we sat in silence. <br><br>We worked out our last meal together had been when we were in Spain on holiday. I worked out it probably cost something like £50. <br><br>This meal I'd just cooked was probably costing about 50p for both of us.<br><br>We always ate in silence when we had a nice meal together. We'd talk about our days and then when we ate we'd just enjoy the meal. <br><br>This felt like the first nice meal we'd had all week. <br><br>Day 5,6 and 7 were fine. I had plenty of food. I'd get a little hungry in the evening but I was happy with that. <br><br>I started to think about people living like this all the time. People who don't have a choice. <br><br>It's much harder than I thought. <br><br>So this is my warning to anyone doing this challenge. <br><br>If I hadn't had a partner in crime, it would have been a lot harder. <br><br>If I hadn't bought a lot of food at the start it would have been a lot harder. <br><br>And finally if you're rich and you do this challenge, don't forget you're rich. <br><br>The food will be horrible and you'll get a little hungry but it's just a week. <br><br>Try to enjoy it. <br><br>You're not poor. <br><br>You're just living like you're poor. <br><br>Thank you everyone.