Short on Spoons
Feel supported, every step of the way. Explore tools that help you check in, cope, and connect. Each feature is designed to meet you where you are on your chronic illness journey.
About Short on Spoons
Short on Spoons is more than a journaling app. It's a steady companion for navigating life with chronic illness. Whether you're managing symptoms, feeling overwhelmed, or just getting through the day, our tools help you pause, reflect, and reconnect. With daily reflection, affirmations, and coping strategies, everything is here to support your emotional well-being in a way that feels right for you.
Why Short on Spoons?
The Spoon Theory, created by Christine Miserandino, is a way of explaining what it's like to live with limited energy. Many people with chronic illness face this every day. Each “spoon” represents a bit of energy. Things that might feel simple to others, like getting dressed, cooking, or answering a message, can each take a spoon. Once you're out of spoons, you're out for the day.
But it’s not just about energy. It’s about the emotional weight that comes with constantly having to choose what you can and can’t do. The guilt, frustration, sadness, and pressure to keep going, even when your body says no, can be heavy.
Short on Spoons was created with all of that in mind. It’s not just a place to track your energy or symptoms. It’s a space to acknowledge what you're feeling, work through the emotional toll of chronic illness, and care for yourself in ways that actually feel supportive. Your experience deserves to be seen. You deserve a space that meets you where you are.
Fuel For Your Journey
Our app empowers you to track your journey, celebrate the wins, and meet the challenges of chronic illness with a deeper understanding of yourself. With themed folders, journaling becomes an organized, supportive space designed to nurture emotional well-being. At the heart of it all is The Spoon Drawer- your go-to toolkit, packed with daily essentials like daily reflection, affirmations, and coping skills. It's a practical, supportive companion on your path to growth.
Daily Reflection
Take control of your journey with our daily reflection and discover how a bit of self-awareness can make a big difference in managing chronic illness.
Affirmations
Each journaling folder is packed with topic-specific affirmations designed to supercharge your self-love and positivity.
Community
Engage with others who understand your journey- celebrate wins, share challenges, and find support in dedicated spaces.
Journal
Discover, ponder, and mend with our journaling feature, featuring neatly organized folders that empower you to address aspects of your journey.
Coping Strategies
Explore strategies designed to help you manage daily challenges and provide the support you need.
Grounding Guide
The Grounding Guide helps you find your roots, regain your footing, and steady your spirit when you need it most.
Choose Your Plan
Begin with the basics or access every feature. Your plan, your pace, your path.
Lite (Free) Features
- Daily Reflection
- 36 affirmations
- 36 journaling prompts
- Coping Strategies Section with 30 prompts
- Library of supportive coping strategies
- Access to basic breathwork practices
Core Features
- Includes all Lite features
- Over 200 affirmations
- 500+ journal prompts
- Custom folder organization and add your own affirmations
- Access to the Short on Spoons community
- Record up to 10 minutes of audio per entry
Pricing Options
Connect
A quiet space to share, reflect, and engage when it feels right. No pressure.
What's included:
- Be part of a supportive community space
- Reflect with others who truly get it
- Engage in ways that feel right for you, even if that just means reading
- Built to honor rest, pacing, and real life
Core
Reflect, track, and reconnect with yourself.
What's included:
- Everything in Lite Features
- Over 200 affirmations
- 500+ journal prompts
- Custom folder organization
- Ability to record voice journal entries up to 10 minutes per entry
- Access to the Short on Spoons community
Core Yearly
Save 35% with annual billing.
What's included:
- Everything in Core, plus:
- Significant savings (35% off)
- Billed annually after free 7 day trial
Frequently Asked Questions
Step by step, word by word, your journey unfolds.
Living with chronic illness can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to go through it alone. Short on Spoons offers a steady space to reflect, reconnect, and take things one small step at a time.
