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It's a pretty trendy perspective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory

• tasogare 6y ago
  I live with a chronic condition that is slowing my metabolism and I don't think that metaphor is really apt. If it were an energy budget I could cram it in a few hours, or doing only a few things and feel well all the day. This is not how it works, it's more like a hard cap on the number of hours a day I can do things, and a cap in the intensity as well. What I noticed recently is that it creates a very effective negative feedback loop: since keeping things going on is taking all my energy already, I have no energy to consult with would improve the situation.
  • cheschire 6y ago
    Does the budget metaphor work better for you if you consider your chronic condition to be alimony?
    • lazyasciiart 6y ago
      I don't think it would. It sounds more like each additional simultaneous spoon costs more effort than two spoons at different times. A cash flow issue, where you only have one spoon available each (time unit), spoons saved from the past are worth less and you can borrow spoons from the future at a high rate to be paid back within the day.
  • toddh 6y ago
    Maybe a way to think of it is that energy is not a part of your discretionary spending budget?