Try something new for 30 days | Matt Cutts

Translator: David Monreal Reviewer: Carmen Vega-Reina

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

Fa alguns anys

em sentia com si estés encallat en una rutina,

so I decided to follow in the footsteps

així que vaig decidir seguir les passes

of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,

del gran filòsof americà Morgan Spurlock,

and try something new for 30 days.

i provar quelcom nou durant trenta dies.

The idea is actually pretty simple.

La idea és ben simple en realitat.

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

Pensa en quelcom que sempre hagis volgut incorporar a la teva vida

and try it for the next 30 days.

i prova-ho els propers trenta dies.

Resulta que

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

trenta dies és la quantitat perfecta de temps

to add a new habit or subtract a habit --

per a incorporar un nou hàbit o substreure un hàbit...

com mirar les noticies...

like watching the news --

from your life.

de la teva vida.

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

He après diverses coses mentres feia aquests reptes de trenta dies.

The first was,

La primera va ser,

instead of the months flying by, forgotten,

enlloc de passar els mesos volant, perduts,

the time was much more memorable.

el temps era molt més memorable.

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

Això va ser part d'un repte que vaig fer de fer una foto cada dia durant un mes.

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

I recordo exactament on era

i què feia aquell dia.

I also noticed

També em vaig adonar

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

que quan vaig començar a fer més reptes de trenta dies i més durs,

la meva auto-confiança va créixer.

my self-confidence grew.

I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd

Vaig passar de ser un informàtic setciències que vivia en un escriptori

to the kind of guy who bikes to work.

al tipus de tio que va a la feina amb bici

For fun!

per diversió.

(Laughter)

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

Fins i tot l'any passat vaig acabar pujant el mont Kilimanjaro,

the highest mountain in Africa.

la muntanya més alta d'Àfrica.

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

Mai havia estat tan aventurer

abans de començar els meus reptes de trenta dies.

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

També vaig descobrir

que si realment vols una cosa de forma imperiosa,

you can do anything for 30 days.

pots fer qualsevol cosa durant trenta dies.

Has volgut mai escriure una novel.la?

Have you ever wanted to write a novel?

Cada novembre,

Every November,

desenes de mil.lers de persones

tens of thousands of people

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

proven d'escriure la seva propia novel.la de cinquanta mil paraules des de zero

in 30 days.

en trenta dies.

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

Resulta que, tot el què has de fer

és escriure mil sis-centes paraules cada dia

for a month.

durant un mes.

So I did.

I així ho vaig fer.

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

Per cert, el secret és no anar-se'n a dormir

fins que no has escrit les paraules d'aquell dia.

until you've written your words for the day.

You might be sleep-deprived,

Potser patiràs falta de son

but you'll finish your novel.

però acabaràs la novel.la.

Serà el meu llibre la propera gran novel.la americana?

Now is my book the next great American novel?

No. I wrote it in a month.

No. La vaig escriure en un mes.

It's awful.

És espantosa.

(Laughter)

But for the rest of my life,

Però durant la resta de la meva vida,

if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,

si em trobo en John Hodgman en una festa de TED,

I don't have to say,

no haig de dir

"I'm a computer scientist."

"Sóc un informàtic".

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

No, no, si vull puc dir: "Sóc novel.lista".

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Hi ha una última cosa que m'agradaria mencionar.

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

I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,

Vaig aprendre que quan feia canvis petits i sostenibles,

things I could keep doing,

coses que podia seguir fent,

they were more likely to stick.

tenia més probabilitats que es consolidessin.

There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.

No hi ha res dolent en els reptes grans i bojos.

In fact, they're a ton of fun.

De fet, són súper divertits.

But they're less likely to stick.

Però és menys probable que es consolidin.

When I gave up sugar for 30 days,

Quan vaig deixar el sucre durant trenta dies,

el dia trenta-u tenia aquesta pinta.

day 31 looked like this.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Així que aquesta és la meva pregunta per a vosaltres:

So here's my question to you:

What are you waiting for?

Què esteu esperant?

I guarantee you the next 30 days

Us garanteixo que els trenta propers dies

are going to pass whether you like it or not,

passaran

tant si voleu com si no,

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

així que perquè no penseu alguna cosa

que sempre hagueu volgut provar

i donar-li una oportunitat

and give it a shot!

For the next 30 days.

els trenta propers dies?

Thanks.

Gràcies.

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)