Try something new for 30 days | Matt Cutts

Translator: Joxemari Gallastegi Etxebarria Reviewer: Maider Lizoain

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

Orain dela urte batzuk, nolabait errutinan trabatuta negoela sentitu

so I decided to follow in the footsteps

eta hortaz

Morgan Spurlock filosofo estatubatuar handiaren aztarnak jarraitzera erabaki nuen

of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,

and try something new for 30 days.

30 egun oro gauza berri bat egiten saiatzea hain zuzen

The idea is actually pretty simple.

Idea nahiko sinplea da berez

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

Pentsa ezazue betidanik egin nahi izan duzuen zerbaitetan

and try it for the next 30 days.

eta ekin iezaiozue hurrengo 30 egunetarako.

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

Diotenez, 30 egun dira ohitura on bat lortzeko beharrezko egunak;

to add a new habit or subtract a habit --

edota txarrak kentzeko,

like watching the news --

Adibidez, albisteak ikusteari etetea, zure bizitzatik kentzea.

from your life.

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

Badaude 30 egunetako erronka hauetan ikasi ditudan zenbait gauza

The first was,

Lehenengoa,

instead of the months flying by, forgotten,

hilak hiltzen utzi beharrean

the time was much more memorable.

denbora askoz gogoangarriagoa zela

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

Adibidez, egunero argazki bat atera nahi izan nuenekoa da hau

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

eta argi gogoratzen dut non zen eta baita zertan ari nintzen ere.

I also noticed

Honez gain,

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

gero eta erronka zail eta anitzagoak nituela ohartu nintzen

eta nire konfidantzak gora egin zuen.

my self-confidence grew.

I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd

Aulkira lotutako nerd bat izatetik

to the kind of guy who bikes to work.

lanera bizikletan doan horietako bat izateraino.

For fun!

Ta guztia ondo pasatzeko!

(Laughter)

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

Joan den urtean, Kilimanjaro igotzera heldu nintzen

the highest mountain in Africa.

Afrikako mendi altuena.

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

Badakit, 30 eguneko erronkak hasi ez gero, ez nintzatekela inoiz orain bezain abenturazalea izango.

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

Bestalde, zerbait bai edo bai nahi izanez gero

you can do anything for 30 days.

30 egunetan zehar edozer egiteko kapaza zarela ohartu naiz.

Have you ever wanted to write a novel?

Nobela bat idaztea amestu duzula?

Every November,

Azaro oro,

tens of thousands of people

hamarmilaka pertsona

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

zerotik 50.000 hitzeko nobelak idazten saiatzen dira

in 30 days.

30 egunetan.

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

Hortaz, eguneko 1667 hitz idatzea tokatzen zaizkizu

for a month.

hilabete osoan zehar.

So I did.

Ta horixe bera egin nuen.

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

Gainera, sekretua lo egitera ez joatea da

until you've written your words for the day.

behintzat eguneko hitz kopurua amaitu arte.

You might be sleep-deprived,

Baliteke loa faltan botatzea,

but you'll finish your novel.

baina nobela amaituko duzu.

Now is my book the next great American novel?

Hala ere, nere nobela hurrengo amerikar best-sellerra al da?

No. I wrote it in a month.

Noski ezetz, hilabete baten idatzi nuen.

It's awful.

Txarra baino txarragoa da!

(Laughter)

But for the rest of my life,

Behintzat, John Hodgman TEDeko festa baten aurkitzen badut,

if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,

I don't have to say,

ez daukat zera esan beharrik:

"I'm a computer scientist."

"Informatika ingeniaria naiz".

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

Ez, ez, nahi izanez gero, zera esan dezaket "nobela idazlea naiz".

(Laughter)

Azken gauza bat esatea gustatuko litzaidake.

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

I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,

Ikusi dut aldaketa txiki egonkorrak egin izan ditudanean,

things I could keep doing,

denboran mantendu ditzakedanak, ohiturak barneratzen direla.

they were more likely to stick.

There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.

Ez dago ezer txarrik erronka handi eta zoroetan.

In fact, they're a ton of fun.

Izatez, oso dibetigarrik dira,

But they're less likely to stick.

baina ez dute denboran irauten.

When I gave up sugar for 30 days,

Azukrea 30 egunetan zehar utzi nuenean

day 31 looked like this.

31. eguna honelakoa zen.

(Laughter)

So here's my question to you:

Hortaz, hau da nere galdera zuentzako:

What are you waiting for?

zeri itxaroten zaudate?

I guarantee you the next 30 days

Hurrengo 30 egunak

are going to pass whether you like it or not,

nahitaez pasako direla ziurtatzen dizuet

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

zergatik ez pentsa beti egin nahi izan duzuen zerbaitetan?

and give it a shot!

Eta ahalegindu zaitezte!

For the next 30 days.

Hurregon 30 egunetan zehar.

Thanks.

Eskerrik asko!

(Applause)