Try something new for 30 days | Matt Cutts

翻译人员: Angelia King 校对人员: Felix Chen

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

几年前，

我感觉对老一套感到枯燥乏味，

so I decided to follow in the footsteps

所以我决定追随

of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,

伟大的美国哲学家摩根·斯普尔洛克的脚步，

and try something new for 30 days.

尝试做新事情30天。

The idea is actually pretty simple.

这个想法的确是非常简单。

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

考虑下，你常想在你生命中做的一些事情

and try it for the next 30 days.

接下来30天尝试做这些。

这就是，

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

30天刚好是这么一段合适的时间

to add a new habit or subtract a habit --

去养成一个新的习惯或者改掉一个习惯--

例如看新闻 --

like watching the news --

from your life.

在你生活中。

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

当我在30天做这些挑战性事情时，我学到以下一些事。

The first was,

第一件事是，

instead of the months flying by, forgotten,

取代了飞逝而过易被遗忘的岁月的是

the time was much more memorable.

这段时间非常的更加令人难忘。

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

挑战的一部分是要一个月内每天我要去拍摄一张照片。

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

我清楚地记得那一天我所处的位置

我都在干什么。

I also noticed

我也注意到

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

随着我开始做更多的，更难的30天里具有挑战性的事时，

我自信心也增强了。

my self-confidence grew.

I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd

我从一个台式计算机宅男极客

to the kind of guy who bikes to work.

变成了一个爱骑自行车去工作的人--

For fun!

为了玩乐。

(Laughter)

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

甚至去年，我完成了在非洲最高山峰

the highest mountain in Africa.

乞力马扎罗山的远足。

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

在我开始这30天做挑战性的事之前

我从来没有这样爱冒险过。

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

我也认识到

如果你真想一些槽糕透顶的事，

you can do anything for 30 days.

你可以在30天里做这些事。

你曾想写小说吗？

Have you ever wanted to write a novel?

每年11月，

Every November,

数以万计的人们

tens of thousands of people

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

在30天里，从零起点

in 30 days.

尝试写他们自己的5万字小说。

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

这结果就是，你所要去做的事

就是每天写1667个字

for a month.

要写一个月。

So I did.

所以我做到了。

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

顺便说一下，秘密是除非在一天里你已经写完了1667个字，

要不你就甭想睡觉。

until you've written your words for the day.

You might be sleep-deprived,

你可能被剥夺睡眠，

but you'll finish your novel.

但你将会完成你的小说。

那么我写的书会是下一部伟大的美国小说吗？

Now is my book the next great American novel?

No. I wrote it in a month.

不是的。我在一个月内写完它。

It's awful.

它看上去太可怕了。

(Laughter)

But for the rest of my life,

但在我的余生，

if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,

如果我在一个TED聚会上遇见约翰·霍奇曼，

I don't have to say,

我不必开口说，

"I'm a computer scientist."

“我是一个电脑科学家。”

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

不，不会的，如果我想我可以说，“我是一个小说家。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

我这儿想提的最后一件事。

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

I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,

当我做些小的，持续性的变化，

things I could keep doing,

我可以不断尝试做的事时，

they were more likely to stick.

我学到我可以把它们更容易地坚持做下来。

There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.

这和又大又疯狂的具有挑战性的事情无关。

In fact, they're a ton of fun.

事实上，它们的乐趣无穷。

But they're less likely to stick.

但是，它们就不太可能坚持做下来。

When I gave up sugar for 30 days,

当我在30天里拒绝吃糖果，

31天后看上去就像这样。

day 31 looked like this.

(Laughter)

（笑声）

所以我给大家提的问题是：

So here's my question to you:

What are you waiting for?

大家还在等什么呀？

I guarantee you the next 30 days

我保准大家在未来的30天

are going to pass whether you like it or not,

会去经历

你喜欢或者不喜欢的事，

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

那么为什么不考虑一些

你常想去尝试

并在未来30天里试试

and give it a shot!

For the next 30 days.

给自己一个机会。

Thanks.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）