Too Smart For This.

Too Smart For This.

Smart Girls Don’t Play It Safe

learning to embrace embarrassment...and maybe even enjoy it

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Alexis Barber
Aug 27, 2025
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We’ve heard it all before…these days, everyone is craving connection. At the same time, everyone is craving" “ease!!” (I’m everyone, too) This is, unfortunately, impossible!

The absolute hypocrisy of this obsession with wanting more without wanting to do any of the work became really clear to me this summer. I realized (after RESISTING for a long time!!)…

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