Ambition without patience is paper on a fire. Big flame, gone in a minute.

Wanting something badly produces a lot of heat and not much that lasts. Enthusiasm on its own burns through everything available in a short stretch, and then there is nothing left to keep going on, which is why dramatic starts and early quitting tend to come from the same person. Patience is what turns the wanting into something that burns slowly.

Size your next effort for a year rather than a week. If you are starting something now, deliberately do less than you feel like doing today. Save some of the wanting for Thursday, and more of it for next month.