Try something new for 30 days | Matt Cutts

Translator: Johan Jensen Reviewer: Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen

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

For nogle få år siden,

følte jeg at jeg var kørt fast,

so I decided to follow in the footsteps

så jeg valgte at følge i fodsporene

of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,

på den store amerikanske filosof, Morgan Spurlock,

and try something new for 30 days.

og prøve noget nyt i 30 dage.

The idea is actually pretty simple.

Denne idé er faktisk rimelig simpel.

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

Tænk på noget du altid har villet tilføje til dit liv

and try it for the next 30 days.

og prøv det i de næste 30 dage.

Det viser sig

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

at 30 dage er lige det der skal til,

to add a new habit or subtract a habit --

for at tillægge sig en ny eller at slippe af med en gammel vane –

som eksempelvis at se nyhederne.

like watching the news --

from your life.

Jeg lærte en del ting, mens jeg lavede disse 30-dages udfordringer.

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

Den første var,

The first was,

at i stedet for at månederne fløj forbi, glemt,

instead of the months flying by, forgotten,

var tiden nemmere at huske.

the time was much more memorable.

Dette var en del af én af mine udfordringer, hvor jeg tog et billede hver dag i en måned.

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

Og jeg husker præcis hvor jeg var

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

og hvad jeg lavede den dag.

Jeg lagde også mærke til

I also noticed

at som jeg lavede flere og sværere 30-dage udfordringer,

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

steg min selvtillid.

Jeg gik fra at være en skrivebordsarbejdende computernørd

my self-confidence grew.

I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd

til at være den type, der cykler på arbejde –

to the kind of guy who bikes to work.

for sjov.

For fun!

Sidste år, endte jeg endda med at vandre op ad Mt. Kilimanjaro,

(Laughter)

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

det højeste bjerg i Afrika.

the highest mountain in Africa.

Jeg ville aldrig have været så eventyrlysten

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

før jeg startede mine 30-dage udfordringer.

Det gik også op for mig

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

at hvis man virkelig vil noget stærkt nok,

så kan man gøre alt på 30 dage.

you can do anything for 30 days.

Har du altid ønsket at skrive en roman?

Hver november forsøger

Have you ever wanted to write a novel?

titusinder af mennesker

Every November,

at skrive deres egen roman på 50.000 ord fra bunden,

tens of thousands of people

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

på 30 dage.

in 30 days.

Det viser sig, at alt hvad det kræver

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

er at skrive 1.667 ord hver dag,

i en måned.

for a month.

Så det gjorde jeg.

So I did.

Hemmeligheden er forresten, ikke at gå i seng

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

før man har skrevet dagens ord.

Du vil måske mangle søvn,

until you've written your words for the day.

You might be sleep-deprived,

men du vil færdiggøre din roman.

but you'll finish your novel.

Er min bog så den næste store amerikanske roman?

Nej. Jeg skrev den på en måned.

Now is my book the next great American novel?

No. I wrote it in a month.

Den er forfærdelig.

It's awful.

Men for resten af mit liv,

(Laughter)

But for the rest of my life,

vil jeg, hvis jeg møder John Hodgman til en TED fest,

if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,

ikke behøver jeg at sige

I don't have to say,

"Jeg er en datalog."

"I'm a computer scientist."

Nej, nej, hvis jeg vil, kan jeg nu sige "Jeg er en forfatter".

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

(Latter)

(Laughter)

Så her er en sidste ting jeg vil nævne.

Jeg lærte at når jeg lavede mindre, men vedholdende ændringer,

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

I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,

ting som jeg kunne blive ved med at gøre,

things I could keep doing,

var jeg mere tilbøjelig til at holde fast ved dem.

they were more likely to stick.

Der er intet galt med store, skøre udfordringer.

There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.

Faktisk, så er de rigtig sjove.

In fact, they're a ton of fun.

Men det er mindre sandsynligt at de holder.

But they're less likely to stick.

Da jeg holdt op med at spise sukker i 30 dage,

When I gave up sugar for 30 days,

så dag 31 sådan ud.

(Latter)

day 31 looked like this.

(Laughter)

Så her er mit spørgsmål til dig:

Hvad venter du på?

So here's my question to you:

What are you waiting for?

Jeg garanterer dig, at de næste 30 dage

I guarantee you the next 30 days

forsvinder

are going to pass whether you like it or not,

om du kan lide det eller ej,

så hvorfor ikke finde på noget,

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

som du altid har ønsket at prøve

og giv det et forsøg

i de næste 30 dage.

and give it a shot!

For the next 30 days.

Tak.

Thanks.

(Bifald)

(Applause)