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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. 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 I learned while doing these 30-days 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 was noticed that as I started to do more and harder 3o-days 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’ve 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 day. Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Ever November, tens of thousands of people try to write their own 50,000-word novel from scratch in thirsty 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 writing your

words for the day. You might be sleep-deprived, but you finished your novel. Now is my book the next the great American novel? No, I wrote it in a month. It’s

awful. But for the rest of my life, if I meet John Hodgeman at a TED party, I don’t have to say, I am a computer scientist. No, no, if I want to, I can say, I’m a novelist.

So there is a 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 is 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, why not you think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot for the next 30 days. Thanks.