How many spoons do you have?

Going for a shower: 1 spoon. Going for a walk: 2 spoons. Having a friend over: 1 spoon. You get the picture.

Spoon theory is used to describe the amount of mental or physical energy a person has available for daily activities and tasks. It was first coined by Christine Miserandino in 2003 as a way to express how it felt to have lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. People with chronic illness have less spoons than those living without chronic illness, she expla…