Try something new for 30 days | Matt Cutts

Translator: Raquel Uzal Reviewer: Alba Porrúa

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

Hai uns anos

sentín que estaba atascado,

so I decided to follow in the footsteps

así que decidín seguir as pegadas

of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,

do gran filósofo estadounidense, Morgan Spurlock,

and try something new for 30 days.

e probar algo novo durante 30 días.

The idea is actually pretty simple.

A idea é ben sinxela.

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

Pensade en algo que sempre quixestes engadir á vosa vida

and try it for the next 30 days.

e probádeo durante os próximos 30 días.

Resulta

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

que 30 días é o tempo exacto que precisades

to add a new habit or subtract a habit --

para engadir ou eliminar un hábito,

como pode ser ver as noticias,

like watching the news --

from your life.

da vosa vida.

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

Hai algunhas cousas que aprendín con estes desafíos de 30 días.

The first was,

A primeira foi

instead of the months flying by, forgotten,

que os meses xa non pasaban voando, esquecidos,

the time was much more memorable.

se non que o tempo era moito máis memorable.

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

Isto pertence ao meu desafío de sacar unha foto todos os días durante un mes.

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

E recordo exactamente onde estaba

e que estaba a facer ese día.

I also noticed

Tamén me decatei

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

de que, ao iniciar máis desafíos e cada vez máis duros,

a miña confianza en min mesmo medraba.

my self-confidence grew.

I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd

Pasei de ser alguén que está sempre pegado á computadora

to the kind of guy who bikes to work.

á clase de persoa que vai ao traballo en bici

For fun!

por diversión.

(Laughter)

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

O ano pasado incluso escalei o Monte Kilimanjaro,

the highest mountain in Africa.

a montaña máis alta de África.

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

Nunca tería sido tan aventureiro

antes de comezar os meus desafíos de 30 días.

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

Tamén comprendín

que se queres algo de verdade,

you can do anything for 30 days.

podes facer calquera cousa durante 30 días.

Algunha vez quixestes escribir unha novela?

Have you ever wanted to write a novel?

Cada mes de novembro,

Every November,

decenas de milleiros de persoas

tens of thousands of people

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

intentan escribir unha novela de 50.000 palabras desde cero

in 30 days.

en 30 días.

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

Resulta que todo o que tedes que facer

é escribir 1.667 palabras cada día

for a month.

durante un mes.

So I did.

E iso foi o que fixen.

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

Por certo, o segredo está en non durmir

até acadar o número de palabras diarias.

until you've written your words for the day.

You might be sleep-deprived,

Pode que teñades falta de durmir,

but you'll finish your novel.

pero remataredes a vosa novela.

Será o meu libro a próxima gran novela norteamericana?

Now is my book the next great American novel?

No. I wrote it in a month.

Non. Escribino nun mes.

It's awful.

É terrible.

(Laughter)

But for the rest of my life,

Pero no que me queda de vida,

if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,

se chego a coñecer a John Hodgman nunha festa de TED,

I don't have to say,

non teño que dicir:

"I'm a computer scientist."

"Son enxeñeiro informático."

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

Non. Se quero podo dicir: "Son escritor."

(Laughter)

(Risas)

Quero mencionar unha última cousa.

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

I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,

Aprendín que ao facer cambios pequenos e sostibles,

things I could keep doing,

cousas que podo seguir facendo,

they were more likely to stick.

é máis probable que as manteña para sempre.

There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.

Os desafíos grandes e tolos non son malos.

In fact, they're a ton of fun.

De feito, son ben divertidos.

But they're less likely to stick.

Pero é menos probable que os manteñades.

When I gave up sugar for 30 days,

Cando deixei de tomar azucre durante 30 días,

o día 31 foi así.

day 31 looked like this.

(Laughter)

(Risas)

Teño unha pregunta para vós:

So here's my question to you:

What are you waiting for?

A qué esperades?

I guarantee you the next 30 days

Podo garantirvos que os próximos 30 días

are going to pass whether you like it or not,

van pasar,

vos guste ou non,

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

así que por que non pensades nalgo

que sempre quixestes probar

e lle dades unha oportunidade

and give it a shot!

For the next 30 days.

durante os próximos 30 días?

Thanks.

Grazas.

(Applause)

(Aplauso)