Surviving Debt: Rule #1: Prioritize Debts Whose Non-Payment Immediately Harms Your Family
Non-payment of certain high priority debts have sudden and dire consequences for your family. Deal with these particular debts immediately—either pay these high priority debts first or otherwise follow advice in this book on how to manage these debts.
Never pay smaller or lower priority debts just because you cannot keep up with high priority debts. In other words, don’t think “if I can’t pay my mortgage, at least I will keep up with my credit cards.” This is a bad idea.