Are doing and wanting really two different things? Both start by thinking, and choosing to think about X is certainly in our control¹. So at the bottom of it,

Are doing and wanting really two different things? Both start by thinking, and choosing to think about X is certainly in our control¹. So at the bottom of it, both are just chemical reactions in your brain, willingly set off by your ghost. ¹that is not to say that not thinking about Y is also in our control.