Budget after a layoff: what did you cut first? - 7 months and counting

I have 7 months of savings and I am trying to stretch them after being let go as a copywriter. It has been a long 19 weeks. Rent and the car are the biggest costs.

A simple budget with three columns, fixed, flexible and optional, made decisions faster.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.