内容摘要
演讲者分享了自己进行30天挑战的经历，比如每天拍照、写小说、骑自行车上班等，说明坚持30天足以养成或戒掉一个习惯，并鼓励听众也去尝试一直想做的事。
#1 a few years ago I felt like I was stuck in a rut
几年前，我感觉自己陷入了千篇一律的生活。
#2 so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the Great American philosopher Morgan Spurlock and try something new for 30 days
所以我决定效仿伟大的美国哲学家摩根·斯普尔洛克，尝试新事物30天。
#3 the idea is actually pretty simple
这个想法其实很简单。
#4 think about something you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days
想想你一直想在生活中添加的东西，然后在接下来的30天里尝试一下。
#5 it turns out 30 days is just about the right amount of time
事实证明，30天差不多就是合适的时间长度。
#6 to add a new habit or subtract a habit like watching the news from your life
在生活中添加一个新习惯，或者戒掉一个习惯，比如看新闻。
#7 there's a few things that I learned while doing these 30-day challenges
在做这些30天挑战的过程中，我学到了一些东西。
#8 the first was instead of the months flying by forgotten the time was much more memorable
第一点是，时间不再是飞逝而过、被遗忘，而是变得更加令人难忘。
#9 this was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day for a month
这是我做的一个挑战的一部分，每天拍一张照片，持续一个月。
#10 and I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day
我清楚地记得那天我在哪里，在做什么。
#11 I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges my self-confidence grew
我还注意到，当我开始做更多、更难的30天挑战时，我的自信心也增强了。
#12 I went from desk dwelling computer nerd to the kind of guy who bikes to work for fun even last year
我从一个整天坐在电脑前的书呆子，变成了那种甚至去年就为了好玩骑自行车上班的人。
#13 I ended up hiking up Mount kilamanjaro the highest mountain in Africa
我最终徒步登上了乞力马扎罗山，非洲最高的山峰。
#14 I would never have been that adventurous before
以前我绝不可能那么爱冒险。
#15 I started my 30-day challenge I
我开始了我的30天挑战。
#16 also figured out that if you really want something badly enough you can do anything for 30 days have you ever wanted
我还发现，如果你真的非常想要某样东西，你可以在30天内做任何事情。你有没有曾经想要……？
#17 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
写一部小说？每年十一月，成千上万的人尝试在30天内从零开始写出他们自己的5万字小说。
#18 turns out all you have to do is write 1667 words a day for a month so I did by the way secret is not to go to sleep until you've written your words for the day
结果发现，你所要做的就是每天写1667个字，坚持一个月。所以我照做了。顺便说一句，秘诀就是：不写完当天的字数就不睡觉。
#19 you might be sleep deprived but you'll finish your novel
你可能会睡眠不足，但你会完成你的小说。
#20 now is my book The Next Great American novel
现在，这就是我的书——《下一部伟大的美国小说》。
#21 no I wrote it in a month
不，我一个月就写完了。
#23 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
但在我以后的人生中，如果我在TED派对上遇到约翰·霍奇曼，我不用再说我是个计算机科学家了。
#24 no no if I want to I can say I'm a novelist
不，不，如果我想的话，我可以说我是个小说家。
#25 so here's one last thing I'd like to mention
那么，最后我还想提一件事。
#26 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
我学到，当我做出微小而可持续的改变——那些我能一直做下去的事情——它们更有可能坚持下来。大的疯狂挑战没什么不好，事实上，它们非常有趣。
#27 but they're less likely to stick
但它们不太可能坚持下来。
#28 when I gave up sugar for 30 days day 31 looked like this
当我戒糖30天时，第31天看起来是这样的。
#29 so here's my question to you what are you waiting for I guarantee you the next 30 days are going to pass
所以，我要问你们的问题是：你们还在等什么？我保证，接下来的30天一定会过去。
#30 whether you like it or not
不管你喜欢还是不喜欢。
#31 so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot for the next 30 days thanks
那为什么不试试你一直想做的事，在接下来的30天里放手一搏呢？谢谢。
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