Letter from Your New Focus Daily Editor

Letter from your NFD editor by Cindy Chafin Welcome to New Focus Daily and to 2018!      A new year with a fresh start.  What do YOU want your new year to be?   If you had to sit down and make a list of what you wanted out of the new year - and some of us are definitely list-makers - I hope […] Read more of this post Cindy Chafin | January 1, 2018 at 12:14 pm | Tags: Cindy Chafin | URL: https://wp.me/p7szYo-18y

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What To Do With a New Year

Instead of making the same old New Year's resolutions, why not try something different? Go after what you really want for a new year and really live it.

BY Dana Stewart

PUBLISHED December 30, 2017

Dana Stewart was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 at the age of 32. She is the co-founder of a cancer survivorship organization called The Dragonfly Angel Society. She volunteers as an advocate and mentor, focusing on young adults surviving cancer. She enjoys writing about life as a cancer survivor, as well as connecting survivors to the resources, inspirations and stories that have helped her continue to live her best life, available at www.dragonflyangelsociety.com.

The possibilities for a new year are endless.  I love that part.  It's always a fresh start; a do-over. You can make resolutions, vow to make this year better than the last, and just hope the year is going to be fantastic. Creating resolutions and saying "I hope" are not going to make it happen. The new year brings all the possibilities in the world, but most of those are not going to happen by chance.  You have set the path to grab those possibilities and make them reality. 

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New Year's Resolutions From Cancerland

Five simple, doable resolutions for the New Year from a breast cancer and melanoma survivor.

BY Barbara Tako

PUBLISHED December 31, 2017

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.

Hey, I am still here!

Seven and a half years after breast cancer and four years after my melanoma. I am deeply grateful to be here. There has been sadness and loss — 2017 was not one of my better years. There has been chemo brain, fatigue, arthritis, the death of my mom, a move, recovery from a broken foot … and I am still here. I like to think about New Year’s resolutions this time of year. I think it is positive to look forward and make a plan. What about you? As a clutter clearing speaker-author, I try to make my resolutions fewer, simpler and more doable each year. Here are mine:

Reduce my self-beating. This has been hard-wired into many of us and we can work on it. Life is short. Cancer survivors know this, but still some of us say those “not good enough” critical words to ourselves regularly. After my first cancer diagnosis, I make more effort to let go of the guilt or worry that somehow I caused the cancer too. Recently, I tested positive for a genetic defect related to cancer called PALB2. Self-beating is hurtful and unproductive. If I wouldn’t wish it on a friend, why did I do this to myself?

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Facing the Responsibilities of the New Year

The new year impacts breast cancer survivors in a vastly different ways than it does most people. Our resolutions, especially health-related resolutions, can be detrimental to our health if we don't keep them. This survivor shares her own chagrin at failing to keep some promises.

BY Bonnie Annis

PUBLISHED December 29, 2017

Bonnie Annis is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2014 with stage 2b invasive ductal carcinoma with metastasis to the lymph nodes. She is an avid photographer, freelance writer/blogger, wife, mother and grandmother.

The New Year is upon us and with it comes the pressure of great hopes and expectations. Well-meaning promises are made and even though many of those will ultimately be broken, the intentions behind them are always good.

Health, wealth, and happiness are among the top categories from which resolutions begin. These three are most important for they touch our lives profoundly and impact us like no other.
But what happens when a breast cancer survivor doesn't follow through with her resolutions?

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17 Resolutions People Affected by Cancer Are Making in 2018

With the new year right around the corner, some people choose to make resolutions. For those of us who have been touched by cancer, whether directly or through a loved one, these resolutions aren’t always about exercising or taking on more hobbies. Many of us simply want to resolve to heal after the cancer experience.

Some people don’t want to make any resolutions at all, and that’s OK, too. Whatever you choose to do in the new year, do it in a way that works best for you — both physically and emotionally.

We asked our Mighty cancer community what their New Year’s resolutions are for 2018.

Here’s what they had to say.

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