Welcome to my 3rd newsletter of the Cancer Sucks Chronicles. This is also my last newsletter of 2015, as my intent is to send my first of 2016, as close to Jan 1 as possible.

This way, I can state the following:
you will see and hear about all my new ideas and changes first.

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The Blog is expanding.

So, far - the biggest update that will be coming in January is that I have 2 confirmed blog authors that are interested in telling thier story on my website.. details in the next blog - this is just an excited teaser.

The best thing I learned this year.

The biggest thing that I learned this year was about my local public library. I haven't visited one in well over 15 years, so - I was stuck with some pre-conceived notions. Libraries have adjusted to keep up with peoples needs, and offerings. The best thing about it is the availability of e-learning courses... mostly for free. That is how I am taking all these website courses.
I encourage everyone to go check out your local library, especially their website, as free resources and learning await you.

Mental Health corner.

Although I think that I want the overall design of the newsletter is to have a place to share my thoughts, and to bring up mental health thoughts, I want to help everyone realize that my thought processes and factors seem different - to me anyway. Changing of thought patterns, priorities and perspectives should be ok - I just don't think I was really ready for the changes that I have gone through in my head.

One of the things that I find really changing, is that I have lost much of my ability to focus and concentrate.... haven't figured out why, but I have some theories.

What is next for the website:

I know that the new year will see a pivot. I think I will transition a bit away from the motorcycle stylings. You will notice that I have adjusted the categories to move a bunch to "off topic" - the topic is Cancer, and what people do in order to learn to live with cancer. Although a motorcycle ride is part of what I do to deal with Cancer, and posts of that nature will stay in the stream, I don't want it to be the focus.

I want things to be about the journey - not the destination.

I look back at my first post : http://cancersuckschronicles.ca/2015/01/more-about-why-i-want-to-do-this/ and consider how things will change and what the future will hold.

I still don't have a name for this.

I have bounced a few ideas around my head, but haven't come up with a good solution. I want this section to be more focused on why I am doing something, what I hope to achieve from it, and goals that I have set... make sense?
Listening to all suggestions people have...

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Thanks again for coming along on this ride with me, and suffering through the initial newsletters while I work to get a better understanding of how I will adjust these better in the future.