Where has November (or October, for that matter) gone?

I haven't written almost anything for National Novel Writing Month, which is essentially a failure.  I have my excuses, but like most things, it was my own decision of what to prioritize that lead me down this road.  I lost my long-time job writing from home, and that threw me a lot, and without any sort of constant, looming, money-based deadline, I felt like I was on a vacation I haven't had in a long, long time.  In my defense, I think I'm just going to move NaNoWriMo to December.

That said, I'm starting to worry with what I'm doing with all my responsibilities.  I'm considering changing my blog format, slightly.  For instance, while I always write two blog entries a week, I'm not sure what a numeric goal necessarily serves, especially when I often don't seem to have time to read as many other people's blogs as I'd like.  What I'm considering is having one blog entry a week as I do now, which is write about anything I'd like.  The other will be a discussion of a poem, book of poems, or essay I've read.

Essentially, what I'd like to do here is discuss essays and poems much more often, but that will only take more time, not less.  I'd like to raise the quality of everything that I'm doing, not cease doing them.