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Has anyone ever used spoon theory for personal reasons or to be able to show others your pain? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's spoons because the person originated the idea was at a restaurant and trying to come up with a way to explain her situation to a friend, and just grabbed whatever was nearby which happened to be a bunch of spoons. Then the story went viral and it stuck.

I'd like to call them "action points"