SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) – Jennifer Garner is an award-winning actress with more than two decades of working in television and movies under her belt, a co-founder of a successful baby food brand Once Upon a Farm, a mom of three and one of our favorite people to follow on Instagram. But she also just so happens to have a reputation as being one of the most down-to-earth and relatable celebrities out there. Through the years, thanks to her work with brands like Neutrogena and Virtue, we’ve had the opportunity to speak with Garner on three different occasions.

Now, you might expect that, like anyone, she’d have an off day or maybe try to breeze through one of the interviews to get back to her undoubtedly jam-packed schedule. But with every interaction, it’s become abundantly clear that the warm and genuine person that we’ve come to know (and love) on our screens is truly who she is: kind, funny and extremely endearing. Garner has a positive outlook that seems to seep into so many aspects of her life, including her refreshing views on aging and the way that she embraces everything that comes with it — well, almost.

“It’s not like every day I’m like ‘thank God it’s harder to lose weight than it was,'” she shares. “But I am grateful to wake up, I don’t take that for granted. I don’t take the looking outside and seeing the sun shining and my feet hitting the ground for granted.

” At just 52, she has “a long way to go on this journey of.