Apparently some people I know in Massachusetts use the phrase of "having spoons" as a metaphor for having the personal resources to cope with life.
This makes it pretty funny that my favorite spoon went missing more than a year ago. I've been aquireing spoons, hoping to find the one that fits my life. Someday I will find it.
But there does seem to be a correlation between having more spoons and doing better. as (t) increases, spoons and ability to cope both increase.
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Here's the story that got people started using that expression:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory-written-by-christine-miserandino/
It was first posted in 2003 I think, but it looks like the web site just reorganized it into a new page this month, so it looks deceptively new (and I wonder what happened to any comments that were on the old link).