I recently read about the spoon theory, which basically represents your energy with spoons. For every task you do, you have to spend an amount of spoons. For some people having issues like chronic illness or depression, their amount of spoons is considerably less. When you're out of spoons, you have to rest to try to get some spoons back, which may be harder to do depending on your situation. Many people will never be constrained by their number of spoons, and will often end their day with some spoons left over. The genius of this analogy is that's it makes people realize that our energy levels are beyond our
I thought of my energy the same way, but just not with spoons. I want to add to this by representing my mental health/sanity as bubbles of air my lungs intake. As with the previous analogy, people facing issues will have less. I often face hard decisions where I have to decide between sanity or work. I always choose sanity so my grades have been not as good as before and there's nothing I can do about it.
Sorry if this post sounded too serious. Just wanted to share this for people who feel guilt over their energy levels.
I thought of my energy the same way, but just not with spoons. I want to add to this by representing my mental health/sanity as bubbles of air my lungs intake. As with the previous analogy, people facing issues will have less. I often face hard decisions where I have to decide between sanity or work. I always choose sanity so my grades have been not as good as before and there's nothing I can do about it.
Sorry if this post sounded too serious. Just wanted to share this for people who feel guilt over their energy levels.
