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hey pals. (keep reading • GIVEAWAY! 🎁)⁣ ⁣ a lot of you who support me in this hobby of social media / my blog are people who’ve loved me for a long time, but I have quite a few new faces too. 💓 I want to celebrate you all with my first GIVEAWAY because there’s no time like the holidays, the end of a decade, and... well, today! ⁣ ⁣ For those who don’t know me (yet) I’m Alex. I’m a grad student who loves all the things: authenticity, wellness, style, travel, and being alive & thriving at 22. I share about my life pretty openly (even the things I don’t like so much) and I love having a supportive space to do so! My gal pals really are the best of the best. I’m glad you’re here. ⁣ ⁣ For your chance to win this cute little package I’ve put together (swipe to see!) do the following: • make sure you’re following me @alexfarbie⁣ • like this post 💌⁣ • comment and tag your best gal pal 💞⁣ *** Extra entry: share ANY post of mine to your story, TAG me, and share why you like that post / my Instagram / me 🤪 ⁣ ⁣ This #giveaway will close on Saturday, December 14th at 12 CST. ⁣ ⁣ Love you already 😘 ⁣ always,⁣ Alex. ⁣ ⁣ included: ⁣ 📖 Own Your Everyday - Jordan Lee Dooley⁣ 👛 Tarte Cosmetics Bag ⁣ 🕯 A Thousand Wishes Bath & Body Works Single Wick Candle⁣ 💄 Favorite liquid lipstick & gloss (NYX Sandstorm, NYX butter gloss Crème Brûlée) ⁣ 👓 Blue-Light Blocking Glasses⁣ 📋 Marble Print Dry Erase board ⁣ 🥰⁣ ⁣

I thought of a cool concept today, and I thought I would share. ⁣ ⁣ 🚦 The Red Light Mentality 🚦⁣ ⁣ When I stop at a red light, I typically take that time to JAM OUT. I crank my music, I dance, I make it a show for whomever may look through my windows. I love hitting red lights. I take the time as a little blessing, a reminder to just be where I am and accept it for what it is. ⁣💃🏻 ⁣ Red lights have the tendency of being synonymous with frustration & timing & anger & a hard stop. ⁣ ⁣ Instead — when I arrive at the red lights in my way, I’m going to make the best of it. I’m going to keep working through it. I’m not going to be frustrated about the timing and how it’s not what I planned, I’m going to dance it out & have fun with where I’m at. ⁣ ⁣ So when we hit red lights, let’s dance. ⁣ ⁣ My red light mentality - I’m taking it out of my car and into my real life. Hold me accountable on that, babes 😜⁣

Reflecting... reflecting on what’s behind me, and what’s ahead. I don’t like how I’m feeling now — I’ve never felt this way and I don’t even know the words to describe it.... but I know I need to make some changes and some choices. ⁣ ⁣ I can’t wait for the new year. I’m already thinking about that 20/20 vision, baby. ⁣✨🥂💛 ⁣ Onward & upward.

It’s okay to admit that friendships may change as we change as individuals. The heart of true friendship still remains: finding people who see you as you are, love you, believe in you, and continually challenge you to be the best version of yourself.... those are the friendships that are meant to last forever. ⁣ ⁣ Ally, our friendship has changed a lot over the past almost-five years. You were assigned to me as my “peer mentor” and now you’re one of my closest friends in the world. You are such an amazing woman: smart, passionate, kind, hard-working, and strong as hell. Our friendship was definitely one that God had his hand in because I don’t know who I’d be if you weren’t by my side through everything - watching pageants, sharing heart ache, big & audacious dreaming, taking (too many) shots, exploring new places.... and many, many FaceTime calls. You’re a friend I know I can call - no matter what. ⁣ ⁣ I’m so grateful for your mentorship, friendship, and sisterhood. ⁣ ⁣ Happy birthday, Ally. I love you.

today’s caption in my stories seemed to resonate with a lot of gals... so I’m going to share it here, in hopes that you will share this message — a message that we need to be reminded of more often. 💙⁣ ⁣ I weighed myself this weekend⁣ I shouldn’t have ⁣ but I did⁣ and today I still ate dessert⁣ and went to the gym⁣ and I am proud of me ⁣ Dear body, I love you⁣ Let’s work together.⁣ That number is just my relationship with gravity — not my relationship with self worth and wellness. ⁣ ⁣ You are worthy & your mind may fight you on that but don’t you forget it, sister friend. ⁣We are so much more than the scale could ever measure.

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