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Tackling Money Worries

The Priceless Feeling of
Being Debt-Free

By Laura Cone

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(Moody Publishers, 2007), says to find creative money solutions.

Kay says the first step to stop worrying about money during pregnancy is to replace worry with action. "Take one small step a day to improve your finances and prepare for your child's birth," she says. "It can be as simple as comparison shopping on the Internet for baby furniture or shopping at resale stores for baby items that are new."

Kay says small steps may add up to big bucks over the course of your pregnancy.

Virtual Garage Sales

Ellie Kay suggests using a shopping robot such as MySimon.com, Netxtag.com or Froogle.com to search for values on furniture, diapers, clothes, strollers, baby monitors and other items you need. And consider having a virtual garage sale on eBay.

Another idea is to print out coupons you find on the Internet or look for items that offer a cash rebate from the manufacturer. Kay also recommends visiting www.Freecycle.org to check for free items that you can have for the price of postage and handling.

Kay had five pregnancies in seven years. Since money was tight, she had to be resourceful. "I turned my worry into work and created a whole new business in the process," she says.

One of her strategies was to designate Tuesday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. a her "worry hour." "When I was tempted, during the week, to fixate on our money problems, I'd write down the concern and shelve it until my worry hour," she says. "This was just a way of compartmentalizing the worry, and most of the times I was so busy doing productive things that I forgot to worry during my worry hour."


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