Trying something new and shaking up the routine makes us feel reinvigorated and inspired about life - and ourselves. Often it seems that we focus on talking about giving things up - rather than thinking about challenging ourselves and doing something different or new. It’s easy to tell people that you’re going to do something - but the distance between stating your intention and actually DOING IT can seem like a stretch.

Writing poetry, brushing up your French, reading more (rather than crashing out in front of whatever’s on the stupid box) or starting to run regularly - how about if there was an easy, no-commitment way to do something new? TED‘s ideas are always worth spreading, and this short video proves that making changes and trying new things can be very straightforward indeed.

Software expert (and novelist!) Matt Cutts on doing something new…