This post was inspired by a theory I really like: the Spoon Theory. It was created by Christine Miserandino in her powerful essay The Spoon Theory , where she uses a handful of spoons to describe the daily energy budgeting required when living with a chronic illness. While the metaphor comes from, and remains deeply meaningful within, the chronic illness community, I’m using it here as a lens for my own reflections on how we manage and mismanage energy. It’s also a metaphor
