Spoon theory is well known to my family, it explains and quantifies so much of what life is like living with chronic illness. If you haven’t read Christine Miserandino’s post explaining the theory, I highly recommend it, especially if you or someone you love is dealing with this stuff.
A number of years back I started playing with the idea of trying to figure out how many spoons I actually had in a day and how many spoons various tasks cost. It was an interesting experiment but not one that ever went very far. Now someone has taken that idea and run full tilt with it. The folks at Molly’s Fund created a spoons chart to help people plan their day and their spoons use:
