Energy Budget: Time & Household Management for the Chronically Ill

If you battle with chronic illness, you’re probably familiar with the “spoon theory.” In a nutshell, the idea is that we start each day with a limited number of “spoons” available, and we use them up as we carry out the business of our days. This is true for everybody, but those of us with chronic illness often start out with fewer spoons and use them up more easily.Another way of looking at it is that we have a finite amount of energy in any given day (or week, or month…), so we have to budget it carefully, just as someone on a tight financial budget might need to budget his money. That’s the premise of Energy Budget: Time & Household Management for the Chronically Ill. Drawing from principles in the financial world, the book presents strategies for making the most of the energy you have, to accomplish the things that are important to you. Read more