I experience my I-ness when I know that I want something clearly and that I want it because I want it, not because somebody or something told me I should want it or that most people want it or that four out of five medical authorities recommend it. Myconsciousness of wanting it is immediate, beyond question, and unreasoned. (Of course, I can go back and find reasons or raise questions and so on, but that is a different matter from the direct experience of my wanting it.)