<prompt> Human: The backstory is not important, just know that for the past 6 months i was making very little from uberlyft living with my parents and ignoring bills. Mental IllnessThe current setting:Moved out of parents house with only a car full of stuff and a couple hundred dollars to my name. On february 13 i drove multiple states away from my parents and back to the area i grew up in. I am currently staying with a friend. I aquired a full time 40 hour a week job for 17 dollars an hour. The friend i am staying with is moving out of his house and across the country in 30 days sometime before end of april.TOTAL INCOME: after taxes and deductions for insurance 2020M PAID WEEKLY EVERY FRIDAY 505Bills and expensesRent: 350mCREDIT CARD: 2060 total owed as of today. Last payment was 6 months ago. Total minimum payment used to be 50m but is now up to 150. Only used once to save my cat from dying. Interest is 12Car loan: Currently 35 days behind, previous 2 payments were sent to the end of the loan by request. Total owed as of today 744. Interest is 14.5, started in 2012. Total left due is 9080. Minimum payment per month 378Car insurance 150m. Insurance lapsed as of today.Daily commute is 25 miles, highway. Past two weeks showing that i spend 20 a week for fuel. 80mParking is extremely expensive. 10 a day. There is a monthly pass for 110 a month, but i havent been able to afford it. I get reimbursed 50 per month for parking from work. Total costs as of now is 200m with a 50m reimbursement so 150m actual.Ive been spending about 25 a week on lunch. And 100 a month on groceries.Purpose of this post:Before the end of april i need to have my own place to live, be caught on my bills and self sustaining. Ive never created a budget before. I have lived alone before, but i spent money however i felt and was always broke. Id like to have a good system in place so i dont end up as behind as i am right now again. Is it even possible for me to make it out before the guy im staying with leaves?I read the sidebar, have mint set up, and read through tactics and basics. However, my mint is screaming that all my bills are past due and im not real sire how to use it. The sidebar doesnt tell me exactly how to make a functioning budget. I dont know where i could cut costs and fix bills. Please, if anyone can help me, i would be in your debt. Which i couldnt pay, just like the rest of them.EDIT: So from the advice ive gotten so far, i have done the following;Previous money in bank 497.13Paid car insurance -152.65Bought sandwich materials and canned goods for dinners -65Current money in bank 267.50What else should i handle with the current money i have? Am i in danger of repossession in the car?Assistant: Hi OPI broke down your initial budget below which is a good start. However- you should be saving about 550 a month based on this- you need to find out where that extra 500 is going.Immediate steps id take to reduce expense is bringing in lunch and scrape together enough to get that monthly pass...thats 100 savings easily right there. Human: I know this would help, but i simply dont know what to buy for lunches that are less expensive than a 5-6 dollar fast food meal per day. Can you advise?Assistant: Certainly. A casual brown bag lunch of making a sandwich bread, cheese, lunchmeat, lettuce, etc, drink, and side can be done with little effort for 3. Assuming 2 savings per workday thats an extra 40 a month.The more hard core reddit page can really blow my 3 figure out of the water and probably make more exciting meals to boot. Check out rmealprepsundayHuman: Im currently eating subway everyday, so sandwiches sound just fine. Ill check out that sub too. So basic things wont end up costing more? Pack of bologna, mayo, lettuce, cheese, bread?  <response>: I certainly would price it out yourself but yes you will save money. 