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RE: You do not "choose" your beliefs. You are (EITHER) CONVINCED (OR) UNCONVINCED.
Please explain what you mean by "desires that are actually beliefs"?
I'm not saying you can't "turn the boat around", sure. Some things you CAN "choose" but others you can't.
And it's important to be able to know which is which.
I use certain words because people can sometimes confuse and conflate between different words, terms, definitions. So, I try finding new combinations of words in order to encourage people to think differently. I believe in the non-aggression principle which Stefan Molyneux and others talk about. So, that belief might be a desire in the sense that a desire can be seed to believing, to choosing beliefs which then produces more choices.
Selecting principles (and actions) that you anticipate may serve your desires may be more of a "working hypothesis" than what we might call a "belief".
Intellectualism has that effect.