Spoons

One of my favorite cartoon characters is The Tick. His battlecry is “Spoon!” It confuses his enemies. On the other hand “spoons” is used in disability community to talk about energy and capabilities. If I have a lot of spoons then I can do more and do it better. If I have less spoons I’m less capable. If I’m out of spoons I should get some sleep to get more. If I try to use spoons I don’t have then it’s harder to get those spoons back than if I had rested appropriately. It takes spoons for me to charge into the battle against life. Yelling “Spoon!” like The Tick sometimes helps. If you are confused I’m going to win.