I rarely cover Karlie Kloss as a solo issue, I usually write about her in some other context, like a fashion post or a discussion about Taylor Swift. But I was looking through Karlie’s Self Magazine cover profile, and I wanted to talk about it. Karlie is only 22 years old and she’s already been a “top model” for years. She has so many years under her belt, in fact, that she’s going into semi-retirement so she can be a full-time student at NYU. Except that she still does magazine covers like this and talks endlessly about her workouts and diet. You can read the full Self piece here and here are some highlights:

What she’s known for: “The reason why I’ve had a career is because I can move.”

She “vibrates”: “I feel like I’m perpetually in motion, which I love.”

The food she eats during the interview: “We have to share the spaghetti squash… You guys do a really good hot cacao! We’re going to go wild!”

She just filmed a workout video with Nike master trainer Traci Copeland: “It’s a program you can do anywhere, without equipment. I was thinking of my sister, who’s in college and doesn’t have an expensive gym membership.”

She’s not really a vegan: “I love my Midwestern roots, but it’s a little less healthy of a lifestyle… [First] I stopped eating Goldfish and Oreos and started eating kale salads and avocado toast. It changed my energy. I realized, OK, how I eat affects how I feel.” Nowadays, while not strictly vegan, Kloss tries to stick to a diet based on vegetables and lean protein.

She’s all about exercise: “I’d always danced, but I transitioned into finding new ways to strengthen and test my body,” she says. She got into pilates, Spinning, boxing and, more recently, running.

How she learned coding: She got interested in coding when her boyfriend, investor Joshua Kushner, announced he was taking a week off of work to learn programming. Kloss tagged along. “The irony is that I was the one it really clicked for,” she says. She started thinking about how everything in today’s world is built with code: “I mean, it’s like a superpower…I’m definitely still a beginner. But it’s something that I hope to get better at. I hope we’ll be able to change at least one girl’s choice of what she studies, or maybe even just the way she thinks about building her own idea into a company. That’s how I measure success.”

[From Self]

I like her because she puts her time and her money where her mouth is, and she’s actually donating so much time and energy into her charitable projects. But I’m also annoyed with her because she just seems to have that type of over-eager-puppy persona that just drives me crazy. I don’t understand people who can’t SETTLE DOWN. Karlie seems like she’s bouncing off the walls, all day, every day. Also… a life without Goldfish is not a life worth living.

Photos courtesy of Self Magazine.