Maggie Unzueta: The Desire To Preserve Her Family's Recipes Led This Cook, Writer, Videographer, And Photographer To Create Authentic Mexican Meals For The Home Cook

I do really believe 100% from every part of me that everyone has the capacity to be able to do the things that they want and not to be held back by the mental baggage that's in our head that we want to push through.

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Hey, everyone. Welcome to the do the Thing podcast. This is your host, Stacey Lauren. I am excited. I have on a really close friend of mine, Maggie, and I've actually been wanting her to do this interview for the podcast now for the last couple months. And I'm so excited that we have the chance to do this today and for her to be able to share her wisdom with you. I met Maggie years ago. She worked with my company and we got to know each other really well back then. And since then, she had left and then now I've exited and so we've become just really good friends. And she's actually also the reason why I moved to where I lived because she lives there and she got me comfortable living in that area. And so anyway, she's just been an amazing person, an amazing friend, an amazing business person, and I've just. Just love what she's doing. And I'm so excited because she's someone that always does the thing with everything she does. And so here she is. Hey, Maggie.

Hi. I'm so excited. Hey.

I'm so glad you're here.

Thanks. Thanks for having me.

Let's start with tell everyone who you are and your story.

Okay. Well, gosh, there's a lot. Well, my name is Maggie. I'm Maggie from Mom Maggie's Kitchen. It's funny because I identify so closely with my business, even though it's not my first business, probably not going to be my last business, but it has my name, so of course I identify with it then. It's a food blog. I specialize in Mexican food, so I create easy and authentic Mexican recipes for the home cook. I'm originally from the LA area, Long beach to be exact. And I moved to San Diego. Oh, gosh. How long was that? I don't know. Long time ago. A long, long time ago. I want to say it was 16 or 17 years ago. I lived in Mexico for a while, on and off. I also. It's funny because it's been so long that I've been here. It's like I love and I can't believe that I'm still here. I was telling my son this just yesterday because he was, he was telling me, he's like, would you ever move anywhere else? And I was like, well, I never thought I was going to stay. Stay in San Diego. I always thought I was going to go back to Mexico and live there. And it's still a possibility. It's still on the table. Once he's off to college and out of the house or something, I don't know, we'll see what happens.

Yeah, it's hard to. It's hard to leave this area, that's for sure.

It's gorgeous here. I mean, perfect weather all year long. Palm trees, beach, you know, I mean, it's, it's nice. I like it.

So I'm excited to hear because I don't even know if I even know how you started because, like, there was that time when you left my. Like, we're, we're, we're when we were working together and then you started the business and then I think we reconnected as your business was already going. So do you mind just sharing a little bit about what happened with when you started and what that took to, to get it going?

Oh, my God. Okay. Going here. Oh, boy. Well, okay. So my son was. This is 2010. This is before food blogs were even a thing. It was 2010 and my son was playing in the park with his friends and, and one of his buddies, little buddies, his dad was sitting there, he was asking, said, do you work? And I said, well, I'm putting together a list of recipes. Oh, sorry. I should probably go back. My grandmother passed away in 2009, and before I forgot all of her recipes, I decided I wanted to write them down before I forgot them. I wanted to preserve her and her memory. Memories. The memories of her and her food. So, yeah, I was writing them down. So I tell the dad, yeah, this is what I'm doing. And he said, you should start a blog. I'm like, okay. And I literally went home that day and like, googled how to start a food blog. And from there I just, I started putting things together. It's been a lot. There's a lot. Back then, nobody was teaching how to blog. Now it's like you can just google. You'll find all these different academies and places. But back then, I had to really like to learn and study. Yeah, it was, it was hard. It was really, really hard. And a lot of the food bloggers, we were all. And bloggers just in general, we were all kind of friendly towards each other and we would help each other out. We were part of these Facebook groups or we just, we'd all like lend. Lend a hand whenever we needed it. So I really, really enjoyed that because it was. A lot of people died out to stop blogging altogether or went into more of the social media aspect of it or whatever. And some of us just hung on and here, here I am. So. Okay.

I'm so excited. You've already uncovered, I think, three of the pieces of your formula for doing the thing. Are you ready for me to share?

Yeah, yeah, totally. What's up?

Okay, so number one, it sounds like when you went to, when you went to look at how to start a food blog, so it sounds like there wasn't much information, but I guess you got some information, right? And so educating yourself on how to do it is, is one piece of your formula. There are some people that are like, I can do this, whatever, and they just kind of like do their own thing without getting any kind of reference or context for what's already out there. And I think that does take a special person that is able to actually look up what's already existing and then be able to expand on it.

And there's a lot of that actually. I still to this day, I mean, every. I just signed up for a course. And when was that? Yesterday, Two days ago. Like, it's constant learning over here.

And then number two piece is surrounding yourself with like minded people. It sounded like you created or you had a community with the other food bloggers. And it's hard sometimes when you're doing something new if you're not with people that are doing the same thing as you or of that same mindset. It's so easy to get caught up in the whole like, oh, that's a crazy idea or why would you do that? Or no one's going to read it, whatever it is people say, you know. But by surrounding yourself with other food bloggers, you were able to get almost like, you know, embedded in that community, which then sort of made it real for you. And then number three is your grandma passing away and then you having that desire to write down the recipes. So that would be why, as to what got you excited to get this going.

Well, she was definitely my. Why. My two inspirations, my son and my grandma, she was, I wanted to give it to him, you know, I didn't want her to die. I realize now. And it's Funny, because it took my cookbook. I wrote, you know, this. I wrote a Cook last year. And when I was writing it, there was so much that came out of it. And one of them was my desire, like, my passion. And I don't know how to describe the fire that's under me is wanting to preserve our culture and our history and passing that on to my son, giving him. There's power. There's power in knowing who you are. There's power in knowing where you come from. And there's so many people who try to negate or they. They don't. They want to go somewhere. But it's hard when you do that because there's. There's so much of who you are in your origins that you just. You can't deny.

What a beautiful generational. I didn't actually even think of it in that context of you're literally creating a legacy for yourself and your family.

I also realized another thing is that my grandmother was the only female in her family. Her. She had brothers and a lot of her food that was especially in those generations. I mean, the female is the one who gets the recipes, who gets the cooking. And I realized that my. No one really in my family was preserving those recipes. And I felt this. I mean, it was almost. I felt urgency is the word I want to use that I had to preserve these recipes. So not only that, but we're talking about. I have a few recipes that are, I mean, hundreds of years old that have been in my family, and I really wanted to keep those. And a part of me didn't want to publish them, mainly because there's a lot of competition in my field now. But another part of me was like, no, no, I have to. If not, this is going to die. And also my cousins and distant cousins that were related on her side, they also deserve to have these recipes, too.

That's unbelievable. So the. The combination, too, of the urgency, being able to get it out, it almost put a time, like a deadline on it for you.

I mean, it wasn't just so much also her recipes. I've also traveled a lot. I mean, extensively, all throughout Mexico. I visited 2022. 22. Sorry. I had to think of the 32 states in Mexico. I've traveled extensively, so I know more recipes than just what are regional to where we're from in Durango. There are different areas that. Different areas. I mean, regional differences to different recipes. They're real. And I wanted to bring that out because there is this fusion thing that's happening here. And there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that there's. I mean, I prefer to keep the memory and honor the food and. And preserve that history of. Of those recipes that are very much authentic to Mexico and regional to Mexico.

And I wanted to talk more about just the process of you getting it going, because, I mean, it's such a, like, it's such a successful enterprise from the videos, the people you do sponsorships for, to your community that you've built. So what. What did that look like? Kind of building this, this raving fan base while also getting people to want you to present their products.

It was so surprising to me, like, when someone said, oh, yeah, I'm following you on. On Facebook or I'm following you on Instagram. It was just. It was so bizarre. I was like, why? This was literally the beginning. It was like, why are you following me? I had no idea that people wanted these recipes. I was doing this for me, my son, my family. Like, that's what it was for. And when people started following me, it was like, who are you? You know, it's like I just expected friends and family, like, that's it. Of course, that was a long time ago. And now I see social media differently, and social media has evolved. I've seen social media platforms come and go, so it's, I think, part of it. Well, anyways, let me go back to the followers now. The followers are. I love them so, so much, and I care very much for them because so many of them have. Did not have grandmother or mother or they weren't given the recipes. They weren't given and. Or they didn't. They don't speak Spanish. I'm a native Spanish speaker, so they weren't given. He did. And they're looking for these recipes. They're looking for that connection to them and their families, and I get to give that to them. Gosh, I'm going to cry just thinking about that. Because there are the reasons, and my son and my son, they're the reason why I've continued as long as I have, because each time I hear, thank you. This is exactly like my grandmother's. This is exactly as my tia. So and so. And it just. It brings me so much joy. I've thought about quitting many times, let me tell you. Many times I've thought, wow, I just can't handle it because it's very demanding and stressful as any business is, you know, if you're a business owner, as you know, it's. It's intense. It's Intense. And I, yeah, I. And that's. I, I've realized that service, you know, this is my, my way of service to, to the world. The other thing is growing it. Growing. It took a lot of time. It didn't just happen overnight. I mean it really was nurturing my community, talking to my community, sharing them bits and pieces of me because they also want to get to know me. They like my travels to Tijuana, which I didn't realize were such a big thing. It was such a big thing, but they love it. Like I go back and forth to Tijuana because of where I live. You know, I live close to the border and.

Yeah.

And I love my trips to Tijuana. But little tiny things of where I go get my nails done or who's. Oh, I get asked. So, so many people want my Birria recipe and my dentist, my dentist at Tijuana and I'm like, or not my dentist. My sister in law's dentist. Excuse me. So it's like what I, yeah, this guy, he doesn't even know. He doesn't have any idea of how many people I've to him over the years. But I have stopped giving his name out because it's just, it's like I don't use them. It's my sister in law, it's. She's the one who's getting the dentist dental work done, not me. But yeah, it's a lot of nurturing the community and making sure that they, I'm giving them what they want. And I mean if I do eat things like sushi and barbecue, American barbecue, they sometimes they want to see that, but for the most part that's not. Those are not my recipes. The recipes they want to see are tacos, tamales, enchiladas.

Yeah. When you were saying like there's times that you feel like quitting and. Yes, totally. It's so hard, the ups and downs of being a business owner. I was wondering, besides the community or in addition to the community, what, what keeps you going? Like, what kept you going?

Well, definitely, like I said, the community and my son. My. The community and my son. And knowing that I haven't finished giving him all the recipes that I know are I want to give to him. I mean, there are recipes that I still need that are. I have another one that's also another recipe that's also hundreds of years old that I need to publish. I've yet to publish and there's those there. I get pulled in every direction. I have a team. I Have a team of people that works with me. I mean, it's not just me alone. And I mean, it's a business. It's a business. So I have. My employees are all in Mexico. They're. They're all females. That's another thing I love being able to give back to Mexican women in particular, because, you know, think about it. Here we have this. You'd probably know this better than I would, Stacey. I mean, how much women are being paid compared to men in Mexico? It's worse. There are riots and all kinds of stuff going on. Manifestations. Not manifestations. How would you say that in English? Well, yeah, riots and protests. There you go. Protests. People out there, women demanding rights and equal pay and so forth. So I love being able to hire Mexican women and give them that opportunity. It's also horrible. With another thing is ageism is very much a thing in Mexico still. You know, where these women are turning 40 and they're seen as little old ladies who are no longer able to provide other than maybe or work. Finding a job in your 40s is virtually impossible in Mexico. I mean, you do find it, don't get me wrong, but there is that gap, and it bothers me so much. So I love being able to employ women who are single, mothers who are older, who can still provide and give them an opportunity that they wouldn't have otherwise. So that has been extremely important to me. That's also kept me going. I think you and I have talked about this before, is I have to be able to produce this much so I can help these women and continue giving them a job that they. That they can have and feed their families. And that is so important to me.

I'm glad that you mentioned that, because actually, it's funny, as you know, I had this too, with that impact piece. Being able to help people, using the company as a vehicle to be able to do that. And I haven't actually uncovered this piece of the formula yet, so I'm guessing that is. What is that? That's just impact, like being able to. Oh, contribution. That's what that is. Okay.

Yeah. Yeah. I call it service. It's funny, today I was at mass and the priest said something about life is service. And here we're talking about this. Coincidences. No coincidences in the world. But I. I love being able to give back to people. I think one day when I'm old, I would love to mentor young women. Like that, to me, would. Would be amazing.

So what do you think's been the hardest thing for you? As you've been building this, I have.

To tell you, well, the pandemic didn't help, but I would say my other. Other people, people stealing my recipes. There's so building when you have someone in there who's trying to copy you, or like I said, copying my recipes or copying my pictures, my videos or stealing it, that's just hard. It's really, really hard to see that. So I've actually stopped following a lot of food bloggers or tiktokers or I just, I can't. I just, I can't even. People who I want to consider friends, I want to stay friends with them. So I just stopped following them. And also, I think managing that life and work, it's, you know, there's a balance there. Everyone talks about that. Limiting my time on social media is really, really hard because they want to know about you or hear what you have to say or what you're doing. And if I'm not on social media, I'm not sharing for hours. People are asking me, hey, where have you been? And that's hard to always be on. Yeah, that's. That's really hard because I do wake up in the mornings and I'm on Instagram and I'm looking at stuff and I'm talking to people, sending them messages or Facebook sending messages to people there, people sending messages or emails on the blog. And it's. It's pretty intense. So managing that and just reminding myself that I got to get off my phone, I got to stop talking to people. I need to spend more time and be present with my family. My son just stopped me, though. He will stop. He will demand time. So.

That'S great. Is that how you get through it then? Is she you being able to tell yourself to be present and then also your son helping you?

I talk a lot about, on social media, about my anxiety because my job is. It creates especially maybe it is right, Mental health awareness month and talk about anxiety because this work, people just think, oh, I'm going to start, you know, be an influencer or whatever it is. And I fell into this. So I do talk about how my gym takes me away. So I've kind of scheduled my day in such a way where, okay, I wake up in the morning, I will work for a little while or I'll send my son off to school first and I'll work for a little while. I'll go to the gym, I will come back, work for a little bit more. My son comes and then I have very minimal of work at the very end when he's here. So scheduled and structured my day in such a way where I can still be effective, but I'm not always in front of my phone, not in front of my work all the time. So I can break it up and I can easily do that in doses.

So would you say is that the thing that's been helping a lot more with the anxiety is having regular gym, scheduled times?

Oh, the gym, definitely. Oh, my God, yes. In fact, yes. My Thea, my aunt, I know we've talked about her many times. She's amazing. She's like another mother to me. But she was telling me that he got to stop. You just got to stop. Because I love it so much. It takes away. Completely distresses me, takes physically removes me from my work. I just. I'm kind of obsessed with it, my addiction. And she says, she was telling me yesterday, my. My Thea said, you got to stop. You just have to stop. So I have to remind myself not to go. But I don't know what to, you know, substitute it with that will give me that level of release. So, yeah, the gym is one thing. I don't know. My son, he's definitely sobs me. Like I said. What else? That structure. That structure definitely helps me out quite a bit also. Hold on. I'm going to tell you this because I don't think you know this about me, but I. Maybe I have told you this. I don't know. I tell you everything. My novellas, my Mexican Spanish novellas. Oh my God, I love those things. They're so much fun. So I will watch those at night. Oh, yeah. So I don't think I knew that about you. That's good. I love it.

That's you into a fantasy kind of a world, right?

Yeah. It's tv. It's tv. Yeah.

That's great.

You really inspire me. And I've realized that it's. And we've talked about this before, our community. Like there are people who you. You want to be around, like minded people, people who are. Who inspire you, who are better than you. Don't get me wrong. It's like you. You bring to the table something as well. It's not like they're. But there's. You want to be around people like that who will give you that umph when you don't have it. And you inspire me so much. This whole female thing that I'm on where I just. I want to hire a female maxi. Like that was something you really helped me with. So I think that is so so, so important. Because when you do. When you don't. When you don't want to do the thing, you want to rely on those people. You want to be able to have those people there to support you and help you and talk to you.

Yeah, I think it's a game changer when you have people that are surrounding you, that are able to support you and encourage you versus question what you're doing. And then the other thing you mentioned that was hard is when people are stealing your recipes. So I could imagine, Gosh, you're working your. I know this has a R rating on this podcast, but I. Still weird about hurting, but working your something off. And you know, and then all of a sudden people are stealing that. Like, how do you. How do you. And it sounds like you got through it by unfollowing and trying to limit yourself in that way, but is there. How do you get your mind through that? Like, because that's annoying and frustrating and maddening. I can imagine.

So, like, how do you.

Like, how do you work through that in your head?

You know what? I've stopped looking for it. How I work it through my head. I just don't look for it because before it would. It angers me. Like, you have no idea. It really doesn't. When I hear of another food blogger having that happen to them, I will go and defend them. Like, I just stop, take this down or whatever. I'll run over there. Because it really bugs me. There's so much work involved. I mean, my team takes pictures, My team takes videos. I take pictures and videos. Like, there's a lot of work being done for somebody else to do it. But the worst is when they take my family's recipe piece because we're talking generations. Like I said, some of them have hundreds of years. It's hard when something like that is taken. So I just. Before I used to go on Pinterest and find stuff and then have them remove it, or I would go over to Google and have them take it down, unindex stuff and things like that. But now it's like, I just. I can't think about it. I realized that it's going to happen. It's kind of like poop. It happens. Yeah. So this is going to happen and you're not going to stop it. You just got to roll with it and it's okay. Like, I really have to stop myself and think that. And like I said, I have to stop looking for it.

Yeah, you just completely changed your expectations around it. So then you've Been more open to when it does happen, to not react the same way. As you know, this podcast is all about helping people do the thing. And that's where the interviews are coming through, so they can hear people that are doing the thing and help them to help them overcome whatever they might be going through, whether it is starting a business or investing, traveling the world or whatever it is. What do you think gets in the way for other people on doing the thing here?

I got to tell you, I am. I've there been so. Okay, I have to remember that we're on a podcast because, you know, it's like I'm just talking to you. So, you know, there have been many, many, many times when I've been afraid, am I doing the right thing? Like, I don't know if I'm doing the right thing. Is this what I want for my brand? Is this? I just don't know. And I just do it, you know, I just do it. And let's see what happens. And I realize that I am going to. It's going to happen. It's kind of like with the whole thing about people stealing stuff, you know, it's. It's going to happen. So it will happen that I mess up. There are going to be things that happen that I'm not gonna like. It's just part of business. And I've realized that everything has. My grandmother used to say, everything, there's a remedy, there's a solution for everything except death. And that's usually something. Whenever getting that fear in my head, it's like, okay, my grandmother said this. I know that this. She's right. She's absolutely right in this. I'm gonna be okay. And I think talking myself off the legend doesn't be like, it's okay, it's okay. Calm down, Maggie. You got this. You got this. The other thing is I'm going to tell you that my, My people, my. I love my people who work with me. They're just. They're good people. And I realized that if I had hired them earlier, I don't know where my. My, My business would be. I really do think it would have been much, much bigger than what it is right now. So that's one thing I'm going to tell people who want to do the thing and are afraid to do the thing is hire good people. Hire the right people. Because it will. It will give you that leverage. You leverage. You and your time and your time. Because there are times when I just. I can't take this picture. So I Go give it to somebody else. Can you take this picture for me? And that frees me up to go off and do other things, like. And it's funny because, you know, it sounds like I'm playing on Instagram. I'm not. I'm talking to followers who. Who I really care about. Yeah.

So I think I'm. So I wanted to kind of go back into that a little bit because you just said a lot of amazing things that I love. And I think it's so important just to kind of hang here for a minute because I think this is such a. I think you're right. I think this is such a common thing where people can be scared to do whatever it is that they're about to do. Right. So the question comes up where you're basically asking yourself, am I doing the right thing? And then it sounds like your steps for that are you have this. This way of being able to just say, okay, well, let me just see what happens. And then you have your grandmother's quote, which is the solution. There's a solution for everything except for death.

And then.

And then, yeah, like the part of reframing mistakes, like, I am going to mess up. It's going to happen. And then is there anything else in there, like, as part of your risk assessment?

Yeah. So if I doubt myself even one bit, I am really good with my intuit. My intuition is very keen. You remember this from when we work together. It's very, very keen. And when I have there's even an inch, a split half second of doubt, then that's a no. It's a no. And really knowing to trust yourself, I mean, I. And I do this with clothes too. Actually, this is kind of funny because if you ever cope close shopping with me, you'll understand because some people like.

Does this look good? What do you think?

What do you think? And it's like, it doesn't feel right on me. From the minute it's on me, then it's a no. And I live my life based on that completely. The other thing about that is, is if I'm not feeling a yes or a no, and let's say that it's just. I'm still not sure what to do. And it's an action that I have to take. I won't do anything. I'll just stop until there is some feeling of whether it's good or not.

You know what I really like about what you said too, with the clothes also, I think that's a good way to almost. I haven't thought about this before, but that's almost a good way to practice developing your intuition. To start with something like clothing, where it doesn't impact anything either way. Right. But it builds that muscle of trusting yourself, and then you can start to do it on other things. I hadn't thought about it that way before in that way.

That's a great way to put it. I'm going to use that. Yeah, there you go. So that's.

That's really cool.

And then.

Yeah, because that's actually. I just had a guy on the other day. He's a doctor, and like, he's into energy now and all that stuff, and he did an exercise, basically saying, like, how to trust your intuition. One of the ways was to tell yourself something that you know is true, right? Like, I love my dog. And then say, I hate my dog. And then how does that feel in your body? And then whatever it is you're questioning next to say it immediately after. And then is it. Does it feel like, you know, when it was true and you knew it to be true, or does it feel like when you know it's false? I thought that was actually really cool. You'll have to listen to that one. It's really good. Can I ask you about crypto? Can we talk about that or, you know.

Yeah, you got me into investing in stocks, and I love stocks. It's interesting because I was so afraid of them for so long, and you were. You just, you. So I remember that day you were over at our house and, you know, my son was there and you were just showing us, and I was like, huh, I need to get into this. And after that, I just started investing. I put a little bit of money every month into it and just do some cross averaging. I was telling you about that the other day. Just, you know, when things are low, you know, just add some money in there. And I. From there I went into crypto.

That's also doing the thing. Right. And how did you. And I remember that process, and I remember how, like, awesome it was to see you. And then you went on a whole nother level. Now you're like 20 times even beyond.

What I even know, like on the.

Crypto side, you know, and so it's kind of cool just to give someone a little bird seed and then you, like, sprouted it into this whole amazing thing. But what did you, what, what did you have to say to, like, be able to make that jump and to invest essentially money.

Money, wealth. Wealth. Well, hold on. So crypto right now has tanked completely. It's been awful. Yeah. So it's probably not a good time to talk about crypto. But I really, what I love about crypto is the potential and I love seeing the potential in things. So I went and when I first started with the stocks, you know, there are charts that you can study and you look at. But, but what I loved look and I, this is another, this is. Okay, so I should go back and talk about this. I'm really math oriented. I like math. I like numbers, I like graphs. Yeah. My, my brother, my one of my brothers is a financial analyst and all he does is study charts and my other brother is getting his PhD in chemistry and more charts. And yeah. So we're, I think it's something in our genes that we just love charts. But crypto had. The crypto charts are great. Like, I love studying them and looking at them. I mean, yeah, everybody's in the poop hole right now with crypto. But it's still very fascinating the predictions of what people are saying, even when as they're going down, you know, people are saying it's, it's fun to watch. For me, it's like a game. It's fun to watch. Yeah.

So.

But I could very well easily do that with stocks too. But what made me want to go into it or it was the put again, the potential for this extraordinary amount of wealth, if you understand a little bit of it.

Yeah. And then, and then. So this, because this is what bothers me and I think we've probably talked about this before, but we'll share it. Here is when I talk to people about investing and then usually nine out of ten times it's like, oh, I could never do that. But then they'll spend $200 on something else or $100 on dinner. And to me I'm like, well, if you're wanting to do it and you're going to spend the $100 anyway, why not just try and see if you like it? So anyway, I'm just wondering, did you have that kind of thought process with the risk when you were investing or how did you look at the risk side of it versus gambling? Because I think gambling and this stuff is different because it's just a different mindset where you're more structured. But I'm just wondering what you think about that.

You explained to me something, okay, so the first time you told me that you were going into stocks and blah, blah, blah, I was like, okay, whatever. And we still remember, I still remember the day when you told me about this and I was like, okay, whatever. And then it really was whatever, you know. But then we went for another walk and we were walking and you showed me your app, your. Yeah. TD Ameritrade. I looked at it and I was like, oh my God. And well, I like the, the number. That was the first thing. And then you, then you explained to me something again. I'm a numbers person. Right. You said stop losses. Yeah. As soon as you explained stop losses to me, I said, oh, I can, I can take a 20 risk. That's, that's no problem. Sure. That's not, that's easy. What did I lose? 20 bucks? $200? Like, you know, it just depends on what. Of course, you know, you're in there. But as soon as I got, I was like, I got it, I got it. I got. That's what's, that's why I continued and that's why I've continued because I understand that now. Yeah.

And I think you just answered, that's cool. I'm glad that you, you explained it in that way because what happened is I like the uncertainty of it went out the window. Now you're certain of what your loss was. So it made it. Because.

Right.

Fear comes from uncertainty. But once you can, once you can understand what the risk is, then that's when you're able to make a better decision.

Yeah, exactly. And, and it works the other way. It not just stops, but also gains. So when do you want to cash out on something? Knowing. Knowing what you want? Like right now, to me, stocks, right now is perfect time because of everything that's going on with Ukraine and the world. Stocks are down. And I'm like, great, let's jump in. And most people are like selling, you know, everyone's selling bitcoin too. Crypto gone. Everybody is like, massive sell off on both crypto and over on the stocks. And I'm just like, no, no, this is a perfect time to cross average. It's perfect time for you to buy in and just hold. Just hold. What's the problem with holding? Just hold on to it. And if you only have a hundred dollars, it's fine, start somewhere, put in another hundred and another two months or whenever it is you have it again. But you're right, a lot of people and I don't have a problem spending money in that because it's future, you know, it's your future, it's your children's future.

Yeah. And I just want to share it for the listeners. So we're not by this Coming up. It's not saying like, let's invest now or do this or any of that.

We're not giving it. It's just an example, right?

Yeah, it's just an example of doing the thing. And whether it's like you want to take a trip to Amsterdam or whatever is showing that, like that idea of understanding what that risk is of and taking the uncertainty out and it's, it's showing that. So anyway, just making sure that's clear.

I know. Big time.

Disclaimer.

Here's something else. Okay, so how about if it's a few months from now that you're listening to this. Okay, so you're listening to. And it's. The stocks will have completely changed or maybe crypto will have rebound like you don't, you don't know. So. Yes, thank you for sharing that. Yeah.

Okay, I'm ready for this. I'm actually excited to hear, to hear this one. Let's say you have one piece of advice to give our listeners about doing the thing.

What would it be? Fear is your worst enemy. Yeah. The rewards of doing the thing are far, far greater than anything that fear can produce. There's always, again, I was talking about potential, but if there's a potential for something that's not realized, it's almost sad. It's sad to think about, like I'm thinking about children who have died or especially with this whole Ukraine thing, you know, thinking about that. It's, it's, it's very. Just thinking about one of them could have solved cured cancer or, I don't know, been the next Elon Musk or, I don't know. But it does make me sad to think about when I hear people not doing the thing. But yeah, one piece of advice. I was definitely do it because fear is your worst enemy.

Okay. Is there anything that I did not ask you that you wished I asked you?

I think you asked me a lot of stuff and it's hard talking to you because I know you so well and you know all my dirty secrets. Yeah, no, I think that's it. I think that's it. I mean, I appreciate it. I really enjoyed myself and talking to you and it was fun. So thank you.

Thank you. Before you leave, tell everybody where they can learn about you.

Oh, okay. So I am Maggie from Mom Maggie's Kitchen.com you can find me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, newsletter. Yes. I have a cookbook which is called Mexico Sina. But yeah, I'm, I'm everywhere. I'm easily Google love it.

Check her out.

Yes.

Well, thank you so much. This was so much fun. I just love, I love talking to you. And it's funny because I mentioned in the beginning how it's been hard for us to get this scheduled because we always want to like see each other versus do a podcast interview.

But I do think this is really fun.

All right, great.

Thanks, Stacy. Thanks for having me. Thank you.

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