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.几年前，我感觉自己陷入了困境。所以我决定追随伟大的美国哲学家摩根·斯普洛克的脚步，尝试一些新的东西30天。这个想法其实很简单。想想你一直想添加到你的生活，并尝试它在未来30天。
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 I learned while doing these 30-day challenges. The first was, instead of the months flying by, forgotten, the time was much more memorable.事实证明，30天是增加新习惯或减去一个习惯，如看新闻，从你的生活恰到好处的时间。在做这30天的挑战时，我学到了一些东西。第一次是，而不是几个月飞过去，忘记了，时间是更令人难忘的。
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.这是我一个月来每天拍照的挑战的一部分。我清楚地记得我在哪里，那天我在做什么。
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.我也注意到，随着我开始做越来越多的困难30天的挑战，我的自信增长。我从办公桌上住着电脑书，到那种骑自行车上班的家伙，为了好玩。甚至在去年，我还是徒步爬上了乞力马扎罗山，这是非洲最高的山峰。
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. 在我开始30天的挑战之前，我绝不会那么冒险。我也发现，如果你真的想要足够糟糕的东西，你可以做任何事情30天。
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.你曾经想写过小说吗？每年11月，数以万计的人试图在30天内从零开始写自己的5万字的小说。原来，你所要做的就是一个月每天写1667个字。
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.我做到了。顺便说一句，秘密是直到你写好当天的话才睡觉。你可能睡眠不足，但你会写完你的小说。
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".现在，我的书是下一部伟大的美国小说吗？不， 我一个月后写的。太可怕了。但是在我的余生中，如果我在TED的聚会上遇到约翰·霍奇曼，我不必说，"我是一个计算机科学家"。
No, no, if I want to, I can say, " I'm a novelist". So here's one last thing I'd like to mention.不，不，如果我想，我可以说，"我是个小说家"。所以，这是我想提到的最后一件事。
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.我了解到，当我做出小而可持续的改变时，我可以继续做的事情，它们更有可能坚持下去。巨大的疯狂挑战没有错。事实上，它们很有趣。但是他们不太可能坚持下去。
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?当我戒糖30天的时候，第31天看起来像这样。所以，我向你提出的问题是：你在等什么？
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.我向你保证， 不管你喜欢与否， 接下来的 30 天都会过去。那么，为什么不想想你一直想尝试的东西，并给它一个机会，在未来30天。
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