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.
Orain dela urte batzuk, nolabait errutinan trabatuta negoela sentitu eta hortaz Morgan Spurlock filosofo estatubatuar handiaren aztarnak jarraitzera erabaki nuen 30 egun oro gauza berri bat egiten saiatzea hain zuzen Idea nahiko sinplea da berez Pentsa ezazue betidanik egin nahi izan duzuen zerbaitetan eta ekin iezaiozue hurrengo 30 egunetarako. Diotenez, 30 egun dira ohitura on bat lortzeko beharrezko egunak; edota txarrak kentzeko, Adibidez, albisteak ikusteari etetea, zure bizitzatik kentzea.
There's a few things 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!
Badaude 30 egunetako erronka hauetan ikasi ditudan zenbait gauza Lehenengoa, hilak hiltzen utzi beharrean denbora askoz gogoangarriagoa zela Adibidez, egunero argazki bat atera nahi izan nuenekoa da hau eta argi gogoratzen dut non zen eta baita zertan ari nintzen ere. Honez gain, gero eta erronka zail eta anitzagoak nituela ohartu nintzen eta nire konfidantzak gora egin zuen. Aulkira lotutako nerd bat izatetik lanera bizikletan doan horietako bat izateraino. Ta guztia ondo pasatzeko!
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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.
Joan den urtean, Kilimanjaro igotzera heldu nintzen Afrikako mendi altuena. 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, 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.
Bestalde, zerbait bai edo bai nahi izanez gero 30 egunetan zehar edozer egiteko kapaza zarela ohartu naiz. Nobela bat idaztea amestu duzula? Azaro oro, hamarmilaka pertsona zerotik 50.000 hitzeko nobelak idazten saiatzen dira 30 egunetan. Hortaz, eguneko 1667 hitz idatzea tokatzen zaizkizu hilabete osoan zehar. Ta horixe bera egin nuen. Gainera, sekretua lo egitera ez joatea da behintzat eguneko hitz kopurua amaitu arte. Baliteke loa faltan botatzea, baina nobela amaituko duzu. Hala ere, nere nobela hurrengo amerikar best-sellerra al da? Noski ezetz, hilabete baten idatzi nuen. Txarra baino txarragoa da!
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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."
Behintzat, John Hodgman TEDeko festa baten aurkitzen badut, ez daukat zera esan beharrik: "Informatika ingeniaria naiz". 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, 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.
Ikusi dut aldaketa txiki egonkorrak egin izan ditudanean, denboran mantendu ditzakedanak, ohiturak barneratzen direla. Ez dago ezer txarrik erronka handi eta zoroetan. Izatez, oso dibetigarrik dira, baina ez dute denboran irauten. Azukrea 30 egunetan zehar utzi nuenean 31. eguna honelakoa zen.
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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.
Hortaz, hau da nere galdera zuentzako: zeri itxaroten zaudate? Hurrengo 30 egunak nahitaez pasako direla ziurtatzen dizuet zergatik ez pentsa beti egin nahi izan duzuen zerbaitetan? Eta ahalegindu zaitezte! Hurregon 30 egunetan zehar.
Thanks.
Eskerrik asko!
(Applause)