Which Bills to Pay First?

Allowing bills to become delinquent is wrong, but there are times when your available cash can be stretched only so far.

When you are tight on money and bills still need to be paid there are certain bills that that cannot wait. New Africa/Shutterstock

If you don’t have enough money to pay all your bills, which should you pay first, and which ones can slide for a while? That’s the question frequently showing up in my email inbox these days. The past year has been so difficult for so many. And with each request for help that I receive, the more my heart breaks for my dear readers going through such financially trying times. Then I pull myself together, recalling with certainty that “tough times never last, but tough people do.”

Now is the time to get tough, to pull ourselves together, get a plan, and get to work.