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019: Try something new for 30 days – Matt Cutts

A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut, so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock, and try something new for 30 days. The idea is actually pretty simple. Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days. It turns out 30 days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit — like watching the news — from your life.

There's a few things that I learned while doing these 30-day challenges. The first was, instead of the months flying by, forgotten, the time was much more memorable. This was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day for a month. And I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day. I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges, my self-confidence grew. I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd to the kind of guy who bikes to work. For fun! Even last year, I ended up hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. I would never have been that adventurous before I started my 30-day challenges.

I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough, you can do anything for 30 days. Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Every November, tens of thousands of people try to write their own 50,000-word novel, from scratch, in 30 days. It turns out, all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month. So I did. By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep until you've written your words for the day. You might be sleep-deprived, but you'll finish your novel. Now is my book the next great American novel? No. I wrote it in a month. It's awful. But for the rest of my life, if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party, I don't have to say, “I'm a computer scientist.” No, no, if I want to, I can say, “I'm a novelist.”

So here's one last thing I'd like to mention. I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes, things I could keep doing, they were more likely to stick. There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges. In fact, they're a ton of fun. But they're less likely to stick. When I gave up sugar for 30 days, day 31 looked like this.

So here's my question to you: What are you waiting for? I guarantee you the next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot! For the next 30 days.

Thanks.

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A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut, so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock, and try something new for 30 days. ||||||||||||a routine||||||||path||||American||||||an activity|||days ||||||||||||||||||||||||||Morgan Spurlock|Morgan Spurlock|||||| ||||||||||||困境||||||||足跡||||||||||||| |||||||||feststeckte|||Routine||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||рутина||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||行き詰まっていた|||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||atrapado|||rutina monótona||||||||los pasos||||||||||||| قبل بضع سنوات ، شعرت وكأنني عالق في شبق ، لذلك قررت أن أسير على خطى الفيلسوف الأمريكي العظيم ، مورغان سبورلوك ، وأن أجرب شيئًا جديدًا لمدة 30 يومًا. 数年前、マンネリに陥ったような気がしたので、アメリカの偉大な哲学者、モーガン・スパーロックの足跡をたどり、30日間新しいことに挑戦することにしました。 Há alguns anos, senti que estava preso em uma rotina, então decidi seguir os passos do grande filósofo americano Morgan Spurlock e tentar algo novo por 30 dias. The idea is actually pretty simple. |||in fact|| |||de hecho|| الفكرة في الواقع بسيطة للغاية. アイデアは実際にはかなり単純です。 A ideia é realmente muito simples. Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days. |||||desired|||||||||||| فكر في شيء لطالما أردت أن تضيفه إلى حياتك وجربه خلال الثلاثين يومًا القادمة. いつも自分の人生に追加したいと思っていることを考えて、次の30日間試してみてください。 Pense em algo que você sempre quis acrescentar à sua vida e experimente nos próximos 30 dias. It turns out 30 days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit — like watching the news — from your life. |||||||||Menge|||||||Gewohnheit||entfernen||Gewohnheit||||||| |||one month||approximately||||quantity|||||||behavior change||remove||||||news watching|||daily routine ||||||||||||||||||позбутися||||||||| |resulta que|||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||subtrair||||||||| اتضح أن 30 يومًا هي المدة المناسبة تقريبًا لإضافة عادة جديدة أو التخلص من عادة - مثل مشاهدة الأخبار - من حياتك. Es hat sich herausgestellt, dass 30 Tage genau die richtige Zeitspanne sind, um eine neue Gewohnheit hinzuzufügen oder eine Gewohnheit - wie das Anschauen der Nachrichten - aus Ihrem Leben zu streichen. 30日間は、新しい習慣を追加したり、生活からニュースを見るなどの習慣を差し引いたりするのにちょうど良い時間だとわかりました。 Acontece que 30 dias é o tempo certo para adicionar um novo hábito ou subtrair um hábito – como assistir ao noticiário – de sua vida.

There's a few things that I learned while doing these 30-day challenges. |||||||||||retos هناك بعض الأشياء التي تعلمتها أثناء القيام بهذه التحديات التي استمرت 30 يومًا. これらの30日間の課題をやっている間に私が学んだいくつかのことがあります。 Há algumas coisas que aprendi ao fazer esses desafios de 30 dias. The first was, instead of the months flying by, forgotten, the time was much more memorable. |||en lugar de|||||||||||| الأول ، بدلاً من نسيان الأشهر التي حلقت ، كان الوقت لا يُنسى. Die erste war, dass die Monate nicht wie im Fluge vergingen, sondern die Zeit viel erinnerungswürdiger war. 1つ目は、飛んでいた月の代わりに忘れられていた時間でした。 A primeira foi, ao invés dos meses voando, esquecidos, o tempo foi muito mais memorável. This was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day for a month. كان هذا جزءًا من التحدي الذي قمت به لالتقاط صورة كل يوم لمدة شهر. Dies war Teil einer Herausforderung, bei der ich einen Monat lang jeden Tag ein Foto gemacht habe. これは、1か月間毎日写真を撮るという課題の一部でした。 Isso foi parte de um desafio que fiz para tirar uma foto todos os dias durante um mês. And I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day. وأتذكر بالضبط أين كنت وماذا كنت أفعل ذلك اليوم. そして、自分がどこにいたのか、その日に何をしていたのかを正確に覚えています。 E me lembro exatamente onde estava e o que estava fazendo naquele dia. I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges, my self-confidence grew. ||me di cuenta||||empecé|||||||||autoestima||aumentó لاحظت أيضًا أنه عندما بدأت في القيام بمزيد من التحديات الصعبة لمدة 30 يومًا ، نمت ثقتي بنفسي. Ich habe auch festgestellt, dass mein Selbstvertrauen wuchs, als ich anfing, mehr und härtere 30-Tage-Herausforderungen zu absolvieren. また、30日間の課題をさらに厳しくし始めると、自信が高まることに気づきました。 Também notei que, à medida que comecei a fazer desafios cada vez mais difíceis de 30 dias, minha autoconfiança aumentou. I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd to the kind of guy who bikes to work. |||Schreibtisch|Wohnsitz|||||||||fährt|| |transformed|||sitting||nerd||||||||| ||||життя||||||||||| |me convertí||escritorio|||nerd|||tipo de||tipo|||| ||||||geek de computador||||||||| لقد انتقلت من مكتب الكمبيوتر الذي يذاكر كثيرا إلى ذلك النوع من الرجال الذين يقودون الدراجات للعمل. 私は、デスクに住むコンピューターのオタクから、自転車で通勤する人に転向しました。 Eu fui de nerd de computador que mora em uma mesa para o tipo de cara que vai de bicicleta para o trabalho. For fun! للمتعة! 楽しみに！ Para se divertir! Even last year, I ended up hiking up Mt. ||||||||montanha ||||||caminando|| حتى العام الماضي ، انتهى بي المطاف بالتسلق فوق جبل. Letztes Jahr bin ich sogar auf den Mt. 去年も結局、富士山をハイキングしてしまいました。 Mesmo no ano passado, acabei subindo o Monte. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Kilimanjaro||||| كليمنجارو ، أعلى جبل في إفريقيا. アフリカで最も高い山、キリマンジャロ。 Kilimanjaro, a montanha mais alta da África. I would never have been that adventurous before I started my 30-day challenges. Bevor ich mit meinen 30-Tage-Herausforderungen begonnen habe, wäre ich nie so abenteuerlustig gewesen. 30日間のチャレンジを始める前に、そんなに冒険したことがなかったでしょう。 Eu nunca teria sido tão aventureiro antes de começar meus desafios de 30 dias.

I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough, you can do anything for 30 days. ||me di cuenta|descubrí|que||||||muy mal|suficientemente mal|||||| Ich habe auch herausgefunden, dass man 30 Tage lang alles machen kann, wenn man etwas wirklich will. また、本当にひどいことが必要な場合は、30日間何でもできることもわかりました。 Também descobri que, se você realmente deseja muito algo, pode fazer qualquer coisa por 30 dias. Have you ever wanted to write a novel? 小説を書きたいと思ったことはありますか？ Você já quis escrever um romance? Every November, tens of thousands of people try to write their own 50,000-word novel, from scratch, in 30 days. ||decenas||miles|||||||||||desde cero|| Jeden November versuchen Zehntausende von Menschen, innerhalb von 30 Tagen einen Roman mit 50 000 Wörtern zu schreiben, und zwar von Grund auf. 毎年11月、数万人が30日間で自分の50,000語の小説をゼロから書こうとしています。 Todo mês de novembro, dezenas de milhares de pessoas tentam escrever seu próprio romance de 50.000 palavras, do zero, em 30 dias. Her Kasım ayında on binlerce insan 30 gün içinde 50.000 kelimelik kendi romanını sıfırdan yazmaya çalışıyor. It turns out, all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month. eso||||||||||||||| Es stellt sich heraus, dass man nur einen Monat lang täglich 1.667 Wörter schreiben muss. 結局のところ、あなたがしなければならないのは、1か月間、1日1,667ワードを書くことだけです。 Acontece que tudo o que você precisa fazer é escrever 1.667 palavras por dia durante um mês. So I did. Então eu fiz. By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep until you've written your words for the day. ちなみにその秘訣は、その日の言葉を書くまで寝ないことです。 A propósito, o segredo é não dormir antes de escrever as palavras do dia. You might be sleep-deprived, but you'll finish your novel. ||||entbehrt||||| |||sleeping|||||| ||||privado de sueño||||| ||||позбавлений сну||||| Sie werden vielleicht unter Schlafentzug leiden, aber Sie werden Ihren Roman zu Ende schreiben. 眠れないかもしれませんが、あなたの小説は完成します。 Você pode estar privado de sono, mas terminará seu romance. Now is my book the next great American novel? 私の本は次の素晴らしいアメリカの小説ですか？ Agora, meu livro é o próximo grande romance americano? No. いいえ。 I wrote it in a month. 一ヶ月で書いた。 Escrevi em um mês. It's awful. |horrible それはひどいです。 É horrível. But for the rest of my life, if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party, I don't have to say, “I'm a computer scientist.” No, no, if I want to, I can say, “I'm a novelist.” ||||||||||||||||||||||一位||||||||||||||小說家 ||||||||||||||||||||||||científico computacional|||||||||||| |||||||||||John Hodgman||||||||||||||||||||||||| Aber für den Rest meines Lebens, wenn ich John Hodgman auf einer TED-Party treffe, muss ich nicht sagen: "Ich bin Informatiker". Nein, nein, wenn ich will, kann ich sagen: "Ich bin Romanautor". しかし、私の人生の残りの部分では、TEDパーティーでJohn Hodgmanに会えば、「私はコンピューターサイエンティストです」と言う必要はありません。いいえ、いいえ、もし望むなら、「私は小説家です」と言えるでしょう。 Mas, pelo resto da minha vida, se eu encontrar John Hodgman em uma festa do TED, não preciso dizer: “Sou um cientista da computação”. Não, não, se eu quiser, posso dizer: “Sou romancista”.

So here's one last thing I'd like to mention. |aquí está||||||| だから、ここで私が最後に述べておきたいことがあります。 Então aqui está uma última coisa que eu gostaria de mencionar. I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes, things I could keep doing, they were more likely to stick. |||||||long-lasting|||||||||||| |||||||sostenibles||||||||||||permanecerían Ich habe gelernt, dass wenn ich kleine, nachhaltige Änderungen vorgenommen habe, Dinge, die ich weitermachen konnte, sie eher bleiben würden. 小さくて持続可能な変更を行うと、私が続けられることは、それが続く可能性が高いことを学びました。 Aprendi que, quando fazia pequenas mudanças sustentáveis, coisas que podia continuar fazendo, era mais provável que persistissem. There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges. ||malo|||| Es ist nichts falsch an großen, verrückten Herausforderungen. 大きくてクレイジーな挑戦には何も問題はありません。 Não há nada de errado com desafios grandes e malucos. In fact, they're a ton of fun. ||||un montón|| 実際、それらはとても楽しいです。 Na verdade, eles são muito divertidos. But they're less likely to stick. |||||bleiben |ellos son|||| Aber die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass sie sich halten, ist geringer. しかし、付着する可能性は低くなります。 Mas eles são menos propensos a ficar. Ama yapışmaları daha az olasıdır. When I gave up sugar for 30 days, day 31 looked like this. ||||糖|||||| |||||||||parecía| 砂糖を30日間あきらめたところ、31日目はこんな感じでした。 Quando desisti do açúcar por 30 dias, o dia 31 ficou assim.

So here's my question to you: What are you waiting for? ||||||你在等什麼|||| だからここにあなたへの私の質問です：あなたは何を待っていますか？ Então, aqui está a minha pergunta para você: O que você está esperando? I guarantee you the next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot! |garantizo|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||intento Ich garantiere Ihnen, dass die nächsten 30 Tage vergehen werden, ob es Ihnen gefällt oder nicht. Warum also nicht an etwas denken, das Sie schon immer einmal ausprobieren wollten, und es versuchen? あと30日はお気に召していただけると思いますので、是非とも挑戦したいことを考えてみてください。 Eu garanto que os próximos 30 dias vão passar, goste você ou não, então por que não pensar em algo que você sempre quis experimentar e tentar! For the next 30 days. 次の30日間。 Nos próximos 30 dias.

Thanks.