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.
Pred nekaj leti sem imel občutek, da sem zapadel v rutino, zato sem se odločil slediti korakom velikega ameriškega filozofa Morgana Spurlocka in trideset dni početi nekaj novega. Zamisel je pravzaprav precej preprosta. Pomislite na nekaj, kar ste vedno želeli vnesti v svoje življenje, in to preizkušajte naslednjih trideset dni. Izkaže se, da je trideset dni ravno dovolj, da dodate novo navado ali se odrečete stari, kot je recimo gledanje poročil.
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!
Skozi te tridesetdnevne izzive sem se naučil kar nekaj reči: Prvič, namesto da bi meseci pozabljeni tekli mimo, sem si stvari mnogo bolje zapomnil. Tole je del izziva, da mesec dni vsak dan posnamem fotografijo. In točno se spomnim, kje sem bil in kaj sem ta dan počel. Opazil sem tudi, da je s tem, ko sem začel z več in težjimi tridesetdnevnimi izzivi, moja samozavest zrasla. Iz obsedenca z računalniki sem se prelevil v tipa, ki kolesari v službo, in to za zabavo.
(Laughter)
Lani sem splezal na Kilimandžaro,
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.
najvišjo goro v Afriki. Nikoli ne bi postal tako pustolovski,
I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough,
če ne bi začel s tridesetdnevnimi izzivi.
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.
Ugotovil sem tudi, da če si nečesa zares želiš, lahko to počneš trideset dni. Ste kdaj hoteli napisati roman? Vsakega novembra na desettisoče ljudi poskusi napisati čisto svoj roman v 50.000 besedah v tridesetih dneh. Dejstvo je, da je vse, kar morate narediti, to, da napišete 1.667 besed na dan v enem mesecu. In to sem storil. Aja, trik je v tem, da ne greste spat, dokler niste napisali dnevnega števila besed. Mogoče boste neprespani, a dokončali boste svoj roman. Pa je moja knjiga nov veliki ameriški roman? Ne. Napisal sem jo v mesecu dni. Grozna je.
(Laughter)
Vendar mi do konca življenja,
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."
če na TED zabavi srečam Johna Hodgmana, ne bo treba več reči: "Sem računalničar." Ne, ne, če hočem, bom lahko rekel: "Sem pisatelj."
(Laughter)
(smeh)
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.
In še zadnja stvar, ki bi jo rad povedal. Naučil sem se, da če napravim majhno trajno spremembo, nekaj, pri čemer bi lahko vztrajal, je bolj verjetno, da bo sprememba ostala. Nič ni narobe z velikimi norimi izzivi. Pravzaprav so izjemno zabavni. A manj verjetno je, da se bodo obdržali. Ko sem se za trideset dni odrekel sladkorju, je 31. dan izgledal takole.
(Laughter)
(smeh)
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.
Zato vas vprašam: Kaj čakate? Zagotavljam vam, da se bo naslednjih trideset dni zgodilo, če hočete ali ne. Zakaj ne bi izbrali nečesa, kar ste si vedno želeli poizkusiti, ter to zares počeli naslednjih trideset dni?
Thanks.
Hvala.
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