There is nothing for you to do, the default numeric links never go away. From your own web log, /archives/1079/ and /?p=1079 both take you to the same place.

If your question, however, was along the lines of changing (the non-default) /archives/1079/ to something else (also non-default), e.g. /archives/date/postname/, and you wanted to make sure that your earlier style continues to work, then you need to follow an article such as this. What you’re then trying to do is to define multiple ways of accessing your posts, but defining one as canonical.

Re: your post. Up until two years ago I was considered on a ‘break’ from life. I’d come back after a break and breezed through school, completing my Masters and all. But I couldn’t convince anyone that I’d always been learning or absorbing, as they say. The method, however, mystified folks, even near and dear that education is beyond grinding away at schools.

I think your decision to take a break would is a good one. It’s like getting off the highway, sitting down with a good cup of coffee, taking out the map, and re-routing your journey. Perhaps the decision will take you to a new destination or to the original – except with a renewed purpose. Lord knows some of us value purpose more than the mere existence of life. A blogger friend said meeting kindred spirits puts his existential anxiety at ease.

Your taking a break won’t fit into a pattern. And that, as Martha Stewart likes to say, is a good thing. All the best.

You have an impeccable sense of minimalist design and handy skills in PHP/CSS etc…

Some spare cash to blow is always good while you are waiting for other things to happen. :-)