Develop an Appetite, Not a Habit

Last week, I heard something that I would call profound; it was certainly a phrase defamiliarized that put a new perspective on habit.

This time of year, we struggle with keeping our habits (I've been only so-so thus far this year). We start and stop again, or we don't start at all.

This is the phrase: "Develop an appetite, not a habit."

I've been chewing on this all week. My conclusion isn't rocket-science: appetites keep you wanting more, but habits are temporary. But this is the phrase that leads to another perplexing question. How do you develop an appetite? To guess, probably just "doing" whether you want to or not. To sit in front of a computer or a blank piece of paper. To read the same words over and over again until the buzzer rings. To shoot baskets or run until your legs fall off. It's applicable to whatever you're wanting to get better at.

While it seems like that takes the fun out of whatever you're doing, at the same time, greatest or even improvement doesn't come without a little sweat.