A goal should be a guest in your life, not the owner of it.

A goal that runs everything begins deciding who you see, what you eat, whether a weekend is allowed to be enjoyable. Something you chose for yourself has somehow become the thing you answer to. Kept as a guest, it still gets a seat and real attention and leaves the rest of the house to you. The difference shows up in whether you can rest without negotiating for it.

Check whether yours currently holds a veto over ordinary things. Give it a defined place this week, these hours and this much attention, then put it down outside them.