Giving up on some items to concentrate on other more useful stuffs seems to be the best idea for a first time play... But still I would prefer having the money income system loosen a bit. It's so hard to gain gold without selling things
This problem has already been raised in the Idea Factory sub-forum. Majority of the population agrees that the Income needs to be improved one way or another. We are still waiting for Aero to surprise us with a change! (although could be a while cause he is currently married to Skyrim)