You Can Do it

When we really, really want something , that we'll do whatever is necessary to achieve it. Therefore, in an hypothetic, overall scheme, desire is the one stage that links thoughts and actions together: 

Thoughts > Commitment (or Desire) > Action

Everything that you do, you should do it for you or for your happiness (sometimes helping others also give happiness to us)

Don't set goals. Because if you set goals and then achieve them you again set another one and you fall into a trap of endless goals.

Balance looks different for everyone. It all depends upon what you value at any given time, what you want to achieve, and when you want to achieve it.

But thinking of your career as something standing in opposition to everything else in your world will definitely make you miserabl...