There are few of us who don’t at least want to make time for self-care activities such as exercise, hobbies, or relaxation. We start each day with the best of intentions but then get stuck by the flood of email messages or pulled into an unexpected meeting. ① As we struggle to reprioritize so we can get everything done before our deadlines, often our self-care activities are the first thing to be given up. ② No matter how much we plan, we all occasionally have days when that happens. ③ In the short term, the impact of missing that grant deadline may be greater than the impact of missing a woodworking class. ④ Needless to say, we should try to enroll in the woodworking class before the design class because it is more competitive to get into and more beneficial to us. ⑤ But it’s important to recognize the cumulative impact of not prioritizing self-care and to make sure that in the long term, this is the exception rather than the norm.