Martha Stewart Shares Her Regrets at 82 Including ‘Not Having Had More Children’ [Video]

At 82, Martha Stewart is looking back on her life — including some of her regrets.

In an April 5 retrospective published in the New York Times, the culinary expert opened up about how she made a conscious decision to leave her career on Wall Street and pivot to writing and catering in her 40s.

“Maybe a little uncertainty can help fuel ambition,” she wrote, reflecting on her career change. “When I left my job on Wall Street, I knew I had to create a career for myself. I became a caterer, catering parties every night.”

Despite her success on the other side, Stewart said she still had moments of uncertainty at the beginning.

“Still I thought, ‘Will there come a time when my granddaughter’ — she’s 12 — is asked, ‘What did grandma do?'” Stewart wrote, referring to her granddaughter Jude. “And all she can say is ‘Oh, she made parties for people.’ I thought, ‘I have to do …