A woman earning $20,000 a year didn't count her unpaid work until a friend calculated what cooking, cleaning, laundry, and childcare would cost to hire out: $80,000 more. Recognizing the full value of her labor changed how she saw herself.
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You taught me about life. I was going to you for business. You asked something about my salary or like how much money I made my income last the previous year. I was laughing at myself and in a very self deprecating way and I was like oh Yeah, I made $20,000 like and you were really serious and you looked at me and said what else did you do last year? And I kept on telling you all the things that I was doing I cooking and cleaning and laundry and and then you did the math. You were like well a GC would cost $60,000 and hiring a nanny would have cost $20,000 and you kept on doing the math and you were like so you're a six figure producer. And I was like when you put it that way yes I am. And from the beginning you did not give me permission to put myself down and to undermine the things that I did do that I didn't get paid for.