This is The Homemaking Foundation's podcast with Jamie Belmay, episode number 242.

Welcome to the Homemaking Foundation's podcast, where we give you the tools, inspiration, and

encouragement you need to craft a gospel-centered home.

And now your host from youngwifesguide.com, Jamie Belmay.

Hey, ladies, welcome to my show. I am your host, Jimmy Belmay. Hey ladies, welcome to my show.

I am your host, Jimmy Belmay.

And today we're talking about something that I think every single one of us has struggled

with at some point or another.

And it's this feeling of what we do day in and day out, the work we do within our families, the work

we do in the home, what do we do when it just doesn't feel worthwhile or maybe we're

feeling underappreciated or we go, go, go, go, go. And for what? It's something that I have struggled with and it's something that I have

heard especially from a ton of women who really, really struggle with, of finding that value.

And what does it feel like when you just, you know, you wake up in the morning and you do the

same kind of routine day in and day out? And when we don't get a lot of thanks

from our families, we don't get a lot of recognition. And it can feel a little bit tough and it can

feel like why am I working so hard? Well, like, what is the point behind this? We know there's a point.

We love our families. But maybe you're just feeling like you need a little bit

of encouragement and maybe a dash of perspective today. So that's what we're going to be

chatting about in this episode. I get this question in different variations all the time,

like some sort of variation of this question,

I get asked a lot. And back in 2017, I got a question from someone, and I'm going to read

the question in a minute. But I got this question from a sweet mom who's just feeling like,

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