The Goal/Habit Problem

[ruinousrapture]

 I have this problem that whenever I set goals or try to establish habits, completing those goals and habits CONSUMES me to the point that other daily life tasks cannot be completed. I become obsessed with making sure I get everything marked off of my to-do list, and almost none of those tasks have to do with work. I don't know how to balance these things so that this doesn't happen. This is also why I get extremely burned out by lists. For the first few days I am fine, and then I feel like it is a prison. 

I don't know what else to say about it other than that. I thought maybe writing my feelings out might help me process it, but I am still thinking about the things on the list I created. :-/