Budgeting tips when income drops after 9 years as a data-entry clerk

We are a household of 9 and the budget no longer works. It has been weighing on me all week. The rent is fixed and the car payment is high.

Keep everything in writing and save the confirmation numbers. It saved me later.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 8 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.