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[English]

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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 that 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 even last year I ended up hiking up

Mount kilamanjaro the highest mountain

in Africa I would never have been that

adventurous before I started my 30-day

challenge

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 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 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 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

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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 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 thanks

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
stuck /stʌk/ A1	adjective - unable to move or progress
rut /rʌt/ A2	noun - a boring or unchanging situation
follow /ˈfɒləʊ/ A1	verb - to come after or go behind someone
footsteps /ˈfʊtsteps/ A2	noun - the sound someone makes when walking
try /traɪ/ A1	verb - to make an effort to do something
habit /ˈhæbɪt/ A2	noun - a regular practice or behavior
subtract /səbˈtrækt/ B1	verb - to remove or take away
memorable /ˈmemərəbl/ B2	adjective - worth remembering or easy to remember
self-confidence /ˌself ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ B2	noun - confidence in oneself
grow /ɡrəʊ/ A2	verb - to become larger or more developed
adventurous /ədˈventʃərəs/ B2	adjective - willing to take risks
write /raɪt/ A1	verb - to put words on paper
novel /ˈnɒvl/ A2	noun - a long story in book form
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest with your eyes closed
finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ A1	verb - to complete something
sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbl/ C1	adjective - able to be maintained
stick /stɪk/ B1	verb - to stay attached or remain
guarantee /ˌɡærənˈtiː/ B2	verb - to promise that something will happen