A little over a week ago, we put a blog post out that announced a week off from new blogs so we could give ourselves some space to think about things. Well, two things happened as a result of that decision. First, I actually enjoyed pulling out some older posts from September and putting them out there (with a little editorial reflection). It was a good exercise. Second, I was able to back off of the build-up of self-imposed pressure to produce new writing for this blog. The blog does not need to live for itself, it only works for as long as I truly feel it is doing something positive for myself and for others.