<prompt> Human: About 3 weeks ago, my boyfriend was laid off because the warehouse he worked at was going through a very slow period. While were in a really tight spot right now, were both happy hes out of that toxic work environment. He applied for and was approved for unemployment recently and we should be expecting about 223 a week paid twice a month. I work in customer service and I make about 13.84hour, and my last five paychecks average around 831.69 however one paycheck includes holiday pay. This is a snapshot of the more pressing bills Our electric bill is about 20 - 30 and our utilities is about the same. Rent is 1270. We dont have cable but our internet is 40 with Charter. Again, my brain is just all over the place so if there is more information needed let me know. I want to knock out our non-school debt hopefully within 6 months but I have a feeling thats being optimistic... Id appreciate any helpful advice!! Thank you!Edit: There are a lot of comments about our rent. Unfortunately we live in CA and I work in LA, rent isnt really cheap : We have a one year lease so wed have to read our agreement to see what we can do.Edit 2: I am floored by all the attention my post got. You all make me want to cry happy tears with all the help, tips, support, empathy, and just plain cold hard truth youve been giving us. I honestly cant thank you enough. I wanted to address some repeating comments: 1 Communication is something weve been working on and to give my boyfriend credit, he has come a long way from where we started. I bring this up because when we talked last night he told me hes been applying to any and all jobs he qualifies for and even to jobs just above his qualifications. Hes been going through the thread so babe, Im proud of your progress but now is the time to step up your progress. I know I havent sat down with you every night to talk like I said, so its time for me to step up my game as well. 2 I gotten a few comments about the cars. My car is paid off 1 good thing that happened this year!, and his was used. Like I mentioned in my first edit, we live in LA where the city was built around cars : We have talked about public transportation and were still making decisions about that. 3 I have a feeling Im going to get a lot of heat for this one. Weve been together for 6 years and do plan on getting married but not before the debt is gone!!, so when we decided to move out on our own we opened a joint bank account together. We still have separate accounts though. There have been suggestions to treat our debts separately so I have a few questions about that. The debt is a result of joint decisions, with that in mind do we still treat it separately or no?  <response>: Holiday season should have plenty of temp warehouse jobs that can get you by in the meantime. 