<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # You cannot really want what you have not decided.... > You cannot really want what you have not decided. “I want to lose weight” or “I want to paint” remains a mood until it acquires a choice, a plan, and a first purchase, and the person who wants to be a painter but never buys the paint has chosen the identity while refusing the practice. It may take twenty attempts before you discover whether you love the work, and none of them can begin until the paint is on the table. **Source:** [[livestreams/Acting With Purpose Before Certainty Arrives - Workbook|Acting With Purpose Before Certainty Arrives]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “You cannot really want what you have not decided. “I want to lose weight” or “I want to paint” remains a mood until it acquires a choice, a plan, and a first purchase, and the person who wants to be a painter but never buys the paint has chosen the identity while refusing the practice. It may take twenty attempts before you discover whether you love the work, and none of them can begin until the paint is on the table.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-cannot-really-want-until-paint-table ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->