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Spoon budget.
This is the easy read version. It has short sentences and pictures. You can press Listen to hear it read out.
What this is about
Some people use spoons to talk about energy.
One spoon is a bit of energy.
Every day you have some spoons.
Some days you have lots of spoons.
Some days you have only a few.
That is not your fault.
How to do it
How many spoons did you have today?
How many are left now?
What did your spoons go on?
For example: getting dressed, travel, phone calls, pain.
Some spoons go on things that are not fair.
For example: no lift, a long wait, explaining your needs again.
This is not your fault either.
What could be dropped, shared or made smaller?
You can use spoons, a battery, colours or numbers.
Pick what works for you.
Remember
You can stop at any time.
You can say no. You do not have to say why.
Therapy carries on. It is still OK.
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About this easy read: it uses short sentences, one idea at a time, and pictures next to the words. It has not yet been checked by easy read readers. Tell us if something is hard to understand, through our contact page.