As cancer survivors, we know what we should do to help ourselves stay as healthy as possible, but how do we keep up our motivation to do it?
BY Barbara Tako
PUBLISHED December 31, 2018
Barbara Tako is a breast cancer survivor (2010), melanoma survivor (2014) and author of Cancer Survivorship Coping Tools–We'll Get You Through This. She is a cancer coping advocate, speaker and published writer for television, radio and other venues across the country. She lives, survives, and thrives in Minnesota with her husband, children and dog. See more at www.cancersurvivorshipcopingtools.com, or www.clutterclearingchoices.com.
New Year's resolutions? How about the resolution to try to stay alive? Though it sounds morbid, that is what cancer survivors, with the help of their loved ones, are trying to do.
"Your job is to kick cancer's butt" is what my husband's cousin told me at the holiday gathering the year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. You would think the desire to live would motivate many good New Year's resolutions, and it does … for a while. As we get further out from the initial diagnosis, it can become easier to let go of resolutions and slip back into old habits. I am talking about the usual New Year's resolution suspects of exercise and weight loss. Still, there are ways to kick up the motivation to keep those lofty New Year's resolution goals.
"Your job is to kick cancer's butt" is what my husband's cousin told me at the holiday gathering the year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. You would think the desire to live would motivate many good New Year's resolutions, and it does … for a while. As we get further out from the initial diagnosis, it can become easier to let go of resolutions and slip back into old habits. I am talking about the usual New Year's resolution suspects of exercise and weight loss. Still, there are ways to kick up the motivation to keep those lofty New Year's resolution goals.
