Low On Mana
A gamer’s theory on living with a chronic illness.
A few weeks ago, I read an excellent article about replacing the well known “spoon theory” with “Spell slots” by Antoinette Cavitt.
Her ideas stayed with me, and I continued to think about it long after I finished reading, which is a tribute to her great writing and her excellent points.
But the more I thought about it, the more I felt that the problem with “spell slots” is that everyone gets a set amount.
I feel that every person, even the healthy ones, are operating with just a select number of things they can effectively do in a day — their spell slots.
Even my husband, who has no health problems, has to choose what he can fit in between work, kids, the house and our own free time.
We talk about it often. Now that our kids are getting older, their bedtime is around 8:30, so we only have from then until we go to sleep to be able to do whatever we find enjoyable.
Less if there are still responsibilities that we didn’t get to while they were awake. So we discuss our night ahead of time — is it a night for video games? Is it a night for TV? Is it a night for the two of us to connect away from screens?
