rah8r
I get the spoon theory - and it makes total sense to me. Except - it's kind of like other people know how many spoons they have, and I have noooo idea until all of a sudden, I realize, 'Woah, I'm out of spoons!' and collapse and do nothing for the rest of the day.
Sometimes this happens at 8AM, lol, other times at 10 - and sometimes, if I'm careful, I can eke out a whole day of doing very little without collapsing from exhaustion. Looking forward to hearing other ppl's spoon-hoarding & spoon-predicting strategies.
Alesandra Bevilacqua Community Admin
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While you await some responses, I did want to point you in the direction of Rick's article on conserving spoons: https://rheumatoidarthritis.net/living/spoon-theory-reserving-energy/ It may help answer your question!
Really appreciate how active you are here in our community. I love seeing your name pop up on the posts here! Let me know what you think if you read Rick's article.
-Alesandra (RheumatoidArthritis.net Team)
rah8r Member
Thank you- It is a good article, and affirmed my decisions to give up the most demanding stuff in my life so I can function... I just don't ever know in advance how much oomph I'll have on any given day - so I tend to just "go" until I drop. Sometimes that's at 8Am and sometimes at 10AM lol but I just can't seem to find a balance. Anyway, hopefully someone has some ideas of how to gauge the amount of 'oomph' you have left before it's all gone.
Thanks very much for responding 😀
Richard Faust Community Admin
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I am struggling with spoons right now as I prepare to go on vacation. I've carefully scheduled walking activities (the aquarium) with sit down activities (a play), but I still worry I am going to ruin my vacation and my friend's by running out of steam.
jmdoremus Member
Richard Faust Community Admin
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sgbuffy Member
I find that in the moment I forget how many spoons each activity takes. So I try to make note as it has occurred previously. So generally I know that showering is __ spoons. Shopping for groceries is__ spoons but using the electric cart is only __ spoons. If you don’t want to think in numbers then just think in words like- a few, a bunch, a crazy amount of spoons.
Then… I wake up with __ spoons and know that I better use the drive up service because I have to spend __ (a bunch later on in PT.)
So save optional things for the end of the day so you can postpone them.
Hope that helps!
Effie Koliopoulos Moderator & Contributor
Richard Faust Community Admin
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