I love the Spoon Theory.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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smonster - Sep 27, 2010 9:56:30 am PDT #4221 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Laga - Sep 27, 2010 10:04:03 am PDT #4222 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Great article, beth. Thanks for posting.
Zenkitty - Sep 27, 2010 10:04:07 am PDT #4223 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The Spoon Theory is excellent.
sj - Sep 27, 2010 10:25:21 am PDT #4224 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Spoon Theory made me sniffly.
Calli - Sep 27, 2010 10:29:34 am PDT #4225 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I shared the spoon theory with my BFF last weekend, and she really liked it.
Strix - Sep 27, 2010 10:43:30 am PDT #4226 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh! That is brilliant; I love it. It's so true; I'm always thinking about what I will do will affect my insomnia.
Steph L. - Sep 27, 2010 11:02:51 am PDT #4227 of 30000
That which does not kill you should RUN
My biggest problem with incorporating the spoon theory into my life (I want to be clear I DON'T mean "biggest problem" in the sense that I disagree with the spoon theory) is that I don't feel like I have the "right" to use my spoons differently than healthy people. If that makes sense.
Like today -- I have a migraine that's making me barf. But I feel like I have no right to be cut any slack, even though I'm starting from a place where I have no energy, knifey head pain, and general barfiness. I wouldn't ever think that of anyone else in the same situation (like "Why aren't you washing the dishes/cleaning the bathtub/going to work/etc.?"), but I think it of myself. And I get that that's inconsistent and unkind to myself, but I still have a really hard time asserting my needs with other people. And with myself, I guess.
Aims - Sep 27, 2010 11:06:18 am PDT #4228 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DUDES!!! And those who don't wish to be identified as dudes!!!
I am subbing!! Not as a teacher, but as an instructional parapro/aide!! I started today in Emeline's classroom and will be "renewed" every two weeks until the position gets posted and then I apply for it and then I (hopefully!) get the permanent gig! Holy shit, ya'll. Ho. Lee. Shit. I'm working in a classroom!! An honest to goodness classroom! With kids!
!!!!!
Jessica - Sep 27, 2010 11:08:06 am PDT #4229 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm personally uncomfortable drawing a bright line between "healthy" and "sick." (And especially with the implied definition of "healthy" as "has unlimited energy to do anything all the time." Nobody's healthy by those standards.)
Jessica - Sep 27, 2010 11:08:30 am PDT #4230 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aimee, that is AWESOME!