Ask HN: How to Improve Consistency with X?

Hey y’all, for as long as I can remember I’ve struggled with being consistent in doing pretty much anything.

Whenever a topic interests me I dive in head first for a few days or weeks, rarely months. After the initial jolt of excitement is gone, I’m done with it. I then come back to it years later and kick myself that I didn’t keep it up.

Even being cognizant of this going into something hasn’t helped. I try to set goals but slowly and surely talk myself out of these consistency goals.

I think a lot of it is impatience, but I don’t know how to improve.

How do you stay consistent?