‘The Spoon Theory’ and how I spend my spoons

Something a little bit different. I asked to participate in this woman’s spoon project on Tumblr and she humbly obliged (you can see her fantastic photos here). The idea of the project is to show how many spoons various tasks use up and how precious spoons are when you don’t have many to spend. If you don’t know the significance of the spoons or why they relate to chronic illness, have a read of The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino. I’ve been sick with a chronic illness (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) for 9 years and I’ve never found anything more succinct than The Spoon Theory for explaining what it’s like to be sick.

Anyway, here are my photos.

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