Has anyone ever used spoon theory for personal reasons or to be able to show others your pain?

It's spoons because the person originated the idea was at a restaurant and trying to come up with a way to explain her situation to a friend, and just grabbed whatever was nearby which happened to be a bunch of spoons. Then the story went viral and it stuck.

I'd like to call them "action points"

i know right? all those years of arithmetic training with apples, and the toss a spoon at you