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33 Rules I Strive to Live By

By: Matt Frazier

Today — December 26th, 2013 — is my thirty-third birthday.

Everyone always assumes having a birthday right after Christmas is no good because you get short-changed on presents, but I’ve always loved it — having Christmas, my birthday, and New Year’s (still my favorite holiday) all in one week is pretty sweet. And writing this post is the closest I’ve ever come to working on my birthday, another plus.

I like what Leo did for his birthday post a few years ago, so here’s my version. This list of “rules,” of course, leaves out many obvious ones like “be a faithful husband,” “tell the truth,” etc. And I’m by no means perfect with the ones I’ve included here, but I’m happiest when I am doing well with them.

I hope you find one or two that might be worth adopting in your own life. (more…)

On Turning Pro — One Year Later

By: Matt Frazier

What a year. On January 4th, 2013, I wrote a post called On Turning Pro, about my plans to overcome debilitating anxiety by “growing up and turning pro” in just about every area of my life. I was not in a good place, coming off the most worried and powerless six months I had ever […]

My ‘Eat to Live’ Challenge

By: Matt Frazier

Five years ago, a 10-day challenge led to my eventual decision to go vegetarian (and to start this blog). A few years later a 30-day vegan challenge, which I completed successfully, actually taught me that I wasn’t ready to go vegan yet. But when I was ready six months later, that month-long experiment was probably to thank. Why […]

Make December Your Best Month

By: Matt Frazier

With Thanksgiving finished — and I hope you had a great one — we move into what for my entire life has been my favorite season of all. No, not the “Black Friday through Cyber Monday” shopping season. Not even just Christmas. But instead, the entire final month of the year, as we head towards […]

5 ‘Easy’ Steps for Making Your Unrealistic Goal a Reality

By: Matt Frazier

With the book tour just about wrapped up, it’s great to be sitting at my own desk in my own house writing a blog post again. The tour has been amazing. So many roads, people, stories, hotels and cities, and so many delicious meals (especially once I hit the west coast). There are still a […]

Vegan on the Road: How I’ve Eaten Healthier than Ever While Driving Across the Country

By: Matt Frazier

It took three weeks and 5500 miles, but yesterday, I hit the unofficial halfway point of my book tour — Seattle, Washington. Fun place, by the way, with tons of vegan-friendly restaurants. And as I head down the west coast and back across the southern half of the country, I’m looking forward to more food options than […]

The First 10 Days of the No Meat Athlete Book Tour

By: Matt Frazier

Wow, what a week! It’s been 10 days since I started my book tour, and I’ve had two events each in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and Ohio, plus Boston and New York City. If all that weren’t enough for 10 days, I took a two-day “break” to run the RAGNAR Relay in DC on an ultra […]

The No Meat Athlete Book is Out Today (Saying Thanks)

By: Matt Frazier

Today, the first day my book is officially available in stores and online (serendipitously, World Vegetarian Day), is a surreal one indeed. I’m typing this post from the passenger seat of a car, driving to Boston for the second stop on my book tour, in just a few hours. Even that phrase — “my book […]

How Joe Took 55 Minutes Off His Marathon to Qualify for Boston — at Age 51

By: Matt Frazier

If ever a season has punched me in the face to say, “Hey idiot, notice me!”, fall did it today. With planning for the release of the book and the cross-country tour to accompany it, the past month has been the busiest of my life — I’m ashamed to admit that I’m far beyond out-of-touch […]

Announcing No Meat Athlete Book Tour Dates & Locations!

By: Matt Frazier

Leaving your college dorm at midnight, to drive seven hours each way. For a sandwich. Using your dishwasher to create a floor-to-ceiling foam party in your (carpeted) living room. Planning a 40-city book tour all by yourself. All things I’ve done that seemed like a good idea at the time, but in hindsight weren’t my […]