The key is that you've got to have a driving desire to improve any project, else it's very likely that you will give up when you get to the complicated and mess

The key is that you've got to have a driving desire to improve any project, else it's very likely that you will give up when you get to the complicated and messy bits. Presumably, you use Python based tools whenever it makes sense. If not, fantisize about how great it would be if your favorite applications were written in Python. Search out useful looking apps in Python, some that show a lot of promise, but maybe the project is stalled or is not quite there yet. Install and use. Feel the pain of not having some feature. Also, if you're feeling ambitious enough, look at applications written in other languages that you might rewrite in Python and make better.