Try something new for 30 days | Matt Cutts

Translator: Ḥafiḍ BENḤAḌRIYA Reviewer: Ḥafiḍ BENḤAḌRIYA

A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut,

Hadi ši ɛamat,

hessit ruhi kelli rani ḥaṣel fi keš ġerqa,

so I decided to follow in the footsteps

'amala, ɛzemt beš ntebbeɛ el-xeṭwat

of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,

ntaɛ waḥed el-faylasuf marikani kbir, Morgan Spurlock,

and try something new for 30 days.

w njerreb ḥaya jdida f 30 yum.

The idea is actually pretty simple.

F el-waqeɛ, el-fekra sahla mahla.

Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life

Xemmu fi keš ḥaja dima bġitu tziduha fi ḥyatkum

and try it for the next 30 days.

w jjerbuha f el-30 yum el-majyin.

Ɛla ḥsab el-šufa,

It turns out 30 days is just about the right amount of time

30 yum huwa el-weqt elli yelzem

to add a new habit or subtract a habit --

beš nzidu ṭbiɛa jdida wella neggelɛu keš waḥduxra qdima--

kima el-tefraj ntaɛ el-xbarat --

like watching the news --

from your life.

men ḥyatek.

There's a few things I learned while doing these 30-day challenges.

Kayen ši ṣwaleḥ tɛellemthum b el-mwasya ntaɛ had el-teḥḥediyat dyal 30 yum.

The first was,

El-ḥaja el-'ewla hiya,

instead of the months flying by, forgotten,

bdal ma nfewtu duk el-šhura elli yettensaw,

the time was much more memorable.

el-weqt: wella el-waḥed yešfa/yeɛqel ɛlih xir.

This was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day for a month.

Hada kan ṭerf m el-teḥḥedi elli dertu beš neddi teṣwira kul yum, el-mudda ntaɛ šher.

And I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day.

W rani ɛaqel, mliḥ mliḥ, win kunt

w weš kunt ndir f dak el-nhar.

I also noticed

Ntbeht tanik

that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges,

belli ki bdit ndir teḥḥediyat waḥduxrin ntaɛ 30 yum: kter w ṣɛab b el-zyada

el-tiqa ntaɛi b dati zadet.

my self-confidence grew.

I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd

Tbeddelt men hadak el-meḥmum ntaɛ el-ḥasub elli dima laṣeq f el-biru ntaɛu

to the kind of guy who bikes to work.

l hadak el-nuɛ ntaɛ bniyadem elli yṣugu el-derraja beš yruḥu l el-xedma, --

For fun!

beš el-waḥed yetsella.

(Laughter)

Even last year, I ended up hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro,

Wṣel biya el-ḥal, el-ɛam elli fat, ḥetta tšebbeṭt el-jbel ntaɛ Kilimanjaro,

the highest mountain in Africa.

el-jbel el-ɛali gaɛ f Friqya.

I would never have been that adventurous before I started my 30-day challenges.

Ɛummer ma txeyyelt ruḥi nwelli netġamer kima n' hak

ḥetta elli bdit had el-teḥḥediyat ntaɛ 30 yum.

I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough,

Fhemt tanik

belli lukan el-waḥed yenwi w yezɛem ṣaḥḥ

you can do anything for 30 days.

Yeqder ydir 'eyy ḥaja f 30 yum.

Keš nhar, bġitu tekketbu keš riwaya?

Have you ever wanted to write a novel?

Kul šher novombr,

Every November,

ɛešrat ntaɛ šhal men 'elf ntaɛ nas,

tens of thousands of people

try to write their own 50,000-word novel, from scratch,

yjjerbu beš yekketbu men walu keš riwaya lihum men 50.000 kelma

in 30 days.

fi 30 yum.

It turns out, all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day

Ɛla ḥsab el-šufa, gaɛ elli yliqlek tdiru

huwa: tekteb 1.667 kelma kul yum

for a month.

f el-mudda ntaɛ šher.

So I did.

'Amala hadak weš dert.

By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep

Qbel ma nensa, el-serr huwa ki ma truḥš terqed

ḥetta tkun ktebt el-kelmat ntawɛek dyal el-nhar.

until you've written your words for the day.

You might be sleep-deprived,

Teqder tkun naqeṣ nɛas,

but you'll finish your novel.

bessaḥ tkun kemmelt el-riwaya ntaɛek.

Derwek, zeɛma el-ktab ntaɛi huwa el-riwaya el-marikaniya el-kbira ntaɛ had el-zman?

Now is my book the next great American novel?

No. I wrote it in a month.

Lla. Ktebtu fi šher.

It's awful.

Yleggi.

(Laughter)

But for the rest of my life,

Beṣṣaḥ, f el-baqi men ḥyati,

if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,

lakan tlaqit b John Hodgman, fi keš ḥefla ntaɛ TED,

I don't have to say,

mši lazem nqul-lu,

"I'm a computer scientist."

"'Ana mexteṣ f el-ḥawsaba."

No, no, if I want to, I can say, "I'm a novelist."

Lla, lla, ida bġit, nnejjem nqul, "'Ana kateb ntaɛ riwayat."

(Laughter)

(Ḍeḥk)

W ḍerwek, kayna ḥaja talya nehḍerlkum ɛliha

So here's one last thing I'd like to mention.

I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,

Tɛellemt belli ki kunt ndir keš tebdilat, ṣġar w bla ma nḥebbes

things I could keep doing,

el-ṣwaleḥ elli nnejjem nkemmel nwasihum

they were more likely to stick.

ybanu qrab ywellu daymin.

There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.

Weš ɛlih tanik mɛa keš teḥḥediyat kbar w hbal.

In fact, they're a ton of fun.

F el-ṣaḥḥ, fiha tselya kbira.

But they're less likely to stick.

beṣṣaḥ meḍmuna qell beš teqɛed

When I gave up sugar for 30 days,

Ki smeḥt f el-sukker, el-mudda ntaɛ 30 yum,

el-nhar 31 ban kima n' hak.

day 31 looked like this.

(Laughter)

(Ḍeḥk)

'Amala, hada huwa swali likum:

So here's my question to you:

What are you waiting for?

Weš rakum testennaw?

I guarantee you the next 30 days

Neḍmenlkum belli el-30 yum el-jayyin

are going to pass whether you like it or not,

ġadi yfutu,

tebġu wella tekkerhu,

so why not think about something you have always wanted to try

'amala, ɛlah ma txemmuš f keš ḥaja

dima bġitu tseyyuha

w teɛṭiwelha keš furṣa

and give it a shot!

For the next 30 days.

f el-30 yum el-majyin.

Thanks.

Ṣeḥḥitu.

(Applause)

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