This is certainly true, Ausjulie. My problem is that I many selves and its hard to decide which one to prioritize! I am a student, which is a very time- and energy-consuming part of my life, but I'm also a social person who wants to feel better about myself by getting healthier. I have specific deadlines for the school part of me. Even if I have to pull an all-nighter to get a paper done, I know it. But there is no date for getting back on raw or going to the gym or any of that, so it's easy for me to do the pressing stuff with deadlines first. That's why I like Stephen Covey's quadrant, where different tasks go into different boxes depending on their urgency and necessity
(Hmm...somehow I never find time to work on that...) :-/