Try something new for 30 days | Matt Cutts

Translator: Klavdija Cernilogar Reviewer: Matej Divjak

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

Pred nekaj leti

sem imel občutek, da sem zapadel v rutino,

so I decided to follow in the footsteps

zato sem se odločil slediti korakom

of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,

velikega ameriškega filozofa Morgana Spurlocka

and try something new for 30 days.

in trideset dni početi nekaj novega.

The idea is actually pretty simple.

Zamisel je pravzaprav precej preprosta.

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

Pomislite na nekaj, kar ste vedno želeli vnesti v svoje življenje,

and try it for the next 30 days.

in to preizkušajte naslednjih trideset dni.

Izkaže se,

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

da je trideset dni ravno dovolj,

to add a new habit or subtract a habit --

da dodate novo navado ali se odrečete stari,

kot je recimo

like watching the news --

from your life.

gledanje poročil.

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

Skozi te tridesetdnevne izzive sem se naučil kar nekaj reči:

The first was,

Prvič,

instead of the months flying by, forgotten,

namesto da bi meseci pozabljeni tekli mimo,

the time was much more memorable.

sem si stvari mnogo bolje zapomnil.

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

Tole je del izziva, da mesec dni vsak dan posnamem fotografijo.

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

In točno se spomnim, kje sem bil

in kaj sem ta dan počel.

I also noticed

Opazil sem tudi,

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

da je s tem, ko sem začel z več in težjimi tridesetdnevnimi izzivi,

moja samozavest zrasla.

my self-confidence grew.

I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd

Iz obsedenca z računalniki sem se prelevil

to the kind of guy who bikes to work.

v tipa, ki kolesari v službo,

For fun!

in to za zabavo.

(Laughter)

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

Lani sem splezal na Kilimandžaro,

the highest mountain in Africa.

najvišjo goro v Afriki.

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

Nikoli ne bi postal tako pustolovski,

če ne bi začel s tridesetdnevnimi izzivi.

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

Ugotovil sem tudi,

da če si nečesa zares želiš,

you can do anything for 30 days.

lahko to počneš trideset dni.

Ste kdaj hoteli napisati roman?

Have you ever wanted to write a novel?

Vsakega novembra

Every November,

na desettisoče ljudi

tens of thousands of people

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

poskusi napisati čisto svoj roman v 50.000 besedah

in 30 days.

v tridesetih dneh.

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

Dejstvo je, da je vse, kar morate narediti,

to, da napišete 1.667 besed na dan

for a month.

v enem mesecu.

So I did.

In to sem storil.

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

Aja, trik je v tem, da ne greste spat,

dokler niste napisali dnevnega števila besed.

until you've written your words for the day.

You might be sleep-deprived,

Mogoče boste neprespani,

but you'll finish your novel.

a dokončali boste svoj roman.

Pa je moja knjiga nov veliki ameriški roman?

Now is my book the next great American novel?

No. I wrote it in a month.

Ne. Napisal sem jo v mesecu dni.

It's awful.

Grozna je.

(Laughter)

But for the rest of my life,

Vendar mi do konca življenja,

if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,

če na TED zabavi srečam Johna Hodgmana,

I don't have to say,

ne bo treba več reči:

"I'm a computer scientist."

"Sem računalničar."

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

Ne, ne, če hočem, bom lahko rekel: "Sem pisatelj."

(Laughter)

(smeh)

In še zadnja stvar, ki bi jo rad povedal.

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

I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,

Naučil sem se, da če napravim majhno trajno spremembo,

things I could keep doing,

nekaj, pri čemer bi lahko vztrajal,

they were more likely to stick.

je bolj verjetno, da bo sprememba ostala.

There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.

Nič ni narobe z velikimi norimi izzivi.

In fact, they're a ton of fun.

Pravzaprav so izjemno zabavni.

But they're less likely to stick.

A manj verjetno je, da se bodo obdržali.

When I gave up sugar for 30 days,

Ko sem se za trideset dni odrekel sladkorju,

je 31. dan izgledal takole.

day 31 looked like this.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

Zato vas vprašam:

So here's my question to you:

What are you waiting for?

Kaj čakate?

I guarantee you the next 30 days

Zagotavljam vam,

are going to pass whether you like it or not,

da se bo naslednjih trideset dni zgodilo,

če hočete ali ne.

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

Zakaj ne bi izbrali nečesa,

kar ste si vedno želeli poizkusiti,

ter to zares počeli

and give it a shot!

For the next 30 days.

naslednjih trideset dni?

Thanks.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(aplavz)