Wanting something badly and wanting it for the right reason feel identical from the inside. Check the reason anyway.

Intensity tells you how much you want something and nothing about why. Wanting the team because you love playing and wanting it because you cannot stand being cut produce the same pulse. The difference shows up later, in whether getting it satisfies you. Since the feeling will not sort that out, the reason has to be checked on purpose.

Take whatever you are chasing right now and write down why in one line. Then ask who would have to notice for it to count. If the answer is mostly other people, the thing may still be worth doing, but you know what you are buying.