Budget after a layoff: what did you cut first?, event coordinator here

My income dropped to unemployment benefits and my bills have not changed. I do not usually post, so bear with me. Rent and the car are the biggest costs. What did you cut first?

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

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