If You Had a Crystal Ball, Would You Take a Look?

Do you want to know what the new year has in store for you — or no way? If you had a crystal ball, would you take a peek?

I think about these questions at the start of every year, what about you?

Here we are, a couple weeks into the new year already. During the holidays, I spent some lovely time with my family, and I hope you did too. It’s time for me to get back to writing and a lot of other things as well.

When I don’t write, I sure do miss it; so, I’m delighted to be back at it — some of that other stuff — not so much. 

Every year, of course, brings with it a blend of good things and not-so-good things. Some years are way out of balance. 2010 was a year like that. For me, that was cancer diagnosis year, brca 2+ revelation year, chemo year, bald year, beginning of reconstruction year, and so on. Lots and lots of unpleasant stuff. I did start blogging and writing in general more that year — definitely two good things, among others of course.

But as life goes, a balanced year it was not.

2011 and 2012 were pick-up-the-pieces years. Lots of learning and lots of adapting went on and continues still. Those were re-set years as I tried to re-establish some kind of balance in my life. Or as some call it, finding your “new normal”.

Don’t get me started on that one… And no, I have not yet found it.

And yes, I’m still picking up the pieces and suspect I will be for quite some time (forever?).

Since diagnosis year, I’ve come to the realization that surviving survivor-ship is a whole lot harder than it’s cracked up to be.

All that “pinking of breast cancer” is partly to blame for what could be construed as the normalization/glamorization/trivialization of breast cancer that continues to go on…

Nothing about breast cancer is normal or simple, including surviving survivor-ship.

Pink propaganda?

Yeah, there’s an idea for a future post.

I have side effect issues from cancer treatment that will likely be with me from here on out. I’m still NED though, so bottom line is, I try not to complain too much or too loudly, though I won’t be silenced either. Plus, speaking your truths is not complaining. Not in my book anyway.

Again, it’s about balance.

What will this year bring?

Who knows, right?

I’ve been wondering, if you could know right now what the new year has in store for you, would you want to know?

Have you ever wished you had a crystal ball that would allow you to look into your future?

If you did, would you take a peek?

Sometimes, we dream about what it might be like to know what the future has in store for us, or least I have. Sometimes, knowing what lies ahead would be really wonderful; sometimes, not so much…

Regardless, another new year is upon us. Undoubtedly, there will be new challenges for each of us, and most of us will face them as best we can.

And, most of us will strive toward finding that elusive balance as well. I certainly plan to.

This year, I hope the scales tip heavily toward the good side of things that life brings your way.

I hope the new year is kind to you and your family.

I hope it’s kind to us all.

Wishing you all a wonderful New Year!

If you had a crystal ball, would you want a glimpse into your future?

What will be one of your challenges in the New Year?

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