Budget after a layoff: what did you cut first? (Charlotte)

We are a household of 10 and need to cut costs quickly. I have read a lot of threads here and could not find my exact situation. 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 13 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.