Posts for Life Without Pants


What Do You Think About While You Run?

From Life Without Pants
January 5, 2012 at 7:01 am
What do I think about while I run? Well, the video below pretty much sums it up. Nipple chafing. (Not) pooping your pants. Top 40 hits from the 90s… If I’m going to ... (more)

Conquer Yourself (Why I’m Running a Marathon)

From Life Without Pants
January 4, 2012 at 8:27 am
“Why are you running a marathon?”, is by far the most frequent question I’ve gotten since announcing that I’d be running one in late April. It’s ... (more)

Ten Things You Must Do To Make 2012 The Best Year Ever

From Life Without Pants
January 3, 2012 at 7:01 am
It’s January 3rd and we’ve already established that 2012 is going to be a great year. But in order to make it the best ever, there’s some things that you’re ... (more)

2012: The Best Year Ever?

From Life Without Pants
January 2, 2012 at 8:36 am
2012. How are ya’? Nice to meet you. I’ve only known you for a little over 30 hours, and I’m already labeling you as the best year ever. I know, we just met. ... (more)

The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned in 2011

From Life Without Pants
December 29, 2011 at 8:17 am
In a year’s time, you experience a lot. Ups and downs. Lefts and rights. Winds in the roads and sprints to the finish. Of course, those are all metaphors – ways of ... (more)

It Doesn’t Get Any Better

From Life Without Pants
December 19, 2011 at 10:44 am
Graduation commencement speeches are typically full of cheesy cliches, jokes that you politely chuckle at, and inspirational “welcome to the real world” words of ... (more)

Friday Quick Hits – 12.16.11

From Life Without Pants
December 16, 2011 at 9:52 am
Hello from my second-home of Chicago! I’m spending a couple weeks here visiting friends and family, eating entirely way too much food, and trying, as hard as I can, to legitimately ... (more)

Keep Going (The Psyche of a 13-Mile Run)

From Life Without Pants
December 14, 2011 at 9:31 am
It was a cold morning. Barely 40 degrees. As I put on my warm clothes, laced my shoes, and made sure my iPod was queued up to the perfect playlist, I knew that this day was the ... (more)

Only Stupid People Never Change Their Minds

From Life Without Pants
December 13, 2011 at 9:02 am
…He gets criticized for changing his opinions, or ‘flip flopping,’ but over a lifetime I’ve seen many people who don’t change and they always get left behind. ... (more)

Friday Quick Hits – 12.9.11

From Life Without Pants
December 9, 2011 at 9:01 am
Another week in the books and we’re already almost at the halfway point of December. I’m heading back to my second home of Chicago this weekend for the holidays, and ... (more)

Do You, Can You, Should You Love What You Do?

From Life Without Pants
December 6, 2011 at 6:10 am
Let me put this out there, first and foremost: I love what I do.  Let me also put this out there: I don’t always like what I do. Hear me out. One of the greatest fallacies out ... (more)

Friday Quick Hits – 12.2.11

From Life Without Pants
December 2, 2011 at 9:04 am
Hard to believe it, but 2011 is coming to a close. Where has the year gone? I’ll be spending a good part of the month on vacation, taking some time to unplug, recharge, think ... (more)

Finish with a Bang

From Life Without Pants
December 1, 2011 at 9:11 am
Holy crap, where has the year gone? Somehow, someway, we’ve arrived (already) at the month of December. Our Christmas trees are up, we’re sipping Gingerbread Lattes, ... (more)

Constrained Freedom

From Life Without Pants
November 30, 2011 at 7:50 am
The first thing I though when I started running my own business? “I’ll never have to go into an office again! I can work from home in my PJs and watch Full House reruns ... (more)

Ninja Turtles. Mom(s). Catholicism. Equality.

From Life Without Pants
November 28, 2011 at 7:56 am
At age six, my parents got divorced. At the time, I was far too young to understand the impact and enormity of what happened. That my world around me was being turned upside down. ... (more)

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

From Life Without Pants
November 23, 2011 at 3:01 am
It’s around this time of year that everyone gets into the “retrospective” mood. We look back at the year that was. The ups. The downs. The stumbles. The falls. ... (more)

Stop Editing Yourself

From Life Without Pants
November 22, 2011 at 3:01 am
Are you at a loss for words? Struggling to find the right thing to say, and the right way to say it? Stop editing yourself, and just write it. In today’s video (above), ... (more)

Are You Tebowing?

From Life Without Pants
November 21, 2011 at 3:01 am
Love him or hate him. Tim Tebow is getting shit done. I’m no fan-boy. And let’s be honest, he’s yet to play a full season as a starting quarterback in the NFL, ... (more)

Friday Quick Hits – 11.18.11

From Life Without Pants
November 18, 2011 at 3:01 am
Hello and Happy Friday from someone who can’t believe we’re less than a week away from Thanksgiving! How did that happen? At this time next week, I’ll be taking ... (more)

A Generation of Creators. Makers. Doers.

From Life Without Pants
November 17, 2011 at 8:26 am
The stereotypes of Gen Y have been beaten to death. Arrogant. Ungrateful. Rebellious. Stubborn. Know-it-alls – and the overarching idea that we’re better than anyone ... (more)

Doubting Your Capacity?

From Life Without Pants
November 16, 2011 at 3:01 am
There’s nothing worse than feeling overwhelmed. Having too much on your plate is something we can all relate to. And let’s be honest, it stinks. In yesterday’s ... (more)

The End of the World As We Know It

From Life Without Pants
November 15, 2011 at 7:01 am
Meeting with a client in San Francisco last week, she said something that’s stuck with me ever since: It’s the end of the world as we know it. And that’s not a bad thing. ... (more)

Plans vs. Missions

From Life Without Pants
November 14, 2011 at 3:01 am
What’s your mission? For your business? Your relationships? Your life? Do you know the answer? Are you drawing a blank? We all need missions. Things we may never stop working ... (more)

Friday Quick Hits – 11.11.11

From Life Without Pants
November 11, 2011 at 9:22 am
Hello from San Francisco! Each week I recap some of the best things I’ve read/seen/heard from around the web. I also get you up to date on what you may have missed here on the ... (more)

Fuck Up. Make Art.

From Life Without Pants
November 10, 2011 at 3:01 am
Meet Joel Bukiewicz, the writer turned knife-maker at Cut Brooklyn. Joel, a writer, at his core, has a passion to create things. To make art. His medium? Hand-made kitchen knives. He’s ... (more)