A coronavirus emergency plan for paying your bills

Lives are on hold all over the world as we distance ourselves socially to contain the coronavirus, but bills still pile up. Now is not the time for lectures on the value of having an emergency fund.

“You can’t just go pick up a side hustle right now,” said Erin Lowry, 30, author of Broke Millennial, a financial advice book that attempted to prepare her cohort for a rainy day such as now. Many people, regardless of whether they can telecommute, have had their hours cut, have lost their jobs or are facing some kind of financial crisis. We are at the point of making the best worst choices.