My advice is make it something fun to do every now and then rather than a job.
If you don't feel like blogging then absolutely don't. (Forcing it results in crap articles)
Don't go setting any schedule or minimum number of posts per month or anything, that will just make it feel like a chore.
I would try and let the focus develop over time, it will probably mirror the way your general interests in life focus over time. And don't worry if you write a post every now and then that doesn't rigidly fit that focus.
Don't push for it. My employer gives me 8 hours per day to do productive stuff, and my family demands a chunk of my free time. In fact I don't put blogging in that same category as "things I have to do". For me it is an alternative to drinking or watching tv. A chance to wind down, unload some thoughts etc.
Ahh I see you use reading and writing articles and conference papers as alternatives. I think if doing those things were part of my life I wouldn't feel like blogging nearly as much.
Why blog if you already have an audience for the same thing through other channels? How would you feel about giving up those other channels, and putting all that content on your blog instead? (I am not suggesting that, but the question might make you think about whether blogging is for you, or whether you could maybe divide the content up into the different channels). Actually, blogging is a lot less formal. When I was a student I had to write papers on the same topics I now blog about, but all the formality made it a drag, finding references, worrying about unwittingly plagiarizing something, making sure it is of "academic quality" (i.e. only facts, no opinions) just really messed up my flow, and made it a total drag. Blogs can be quite liberating from that.
If you don't feel like blogging then absolutely don't. (Forcing it results in crap articles)
Don't go setting any schedule or minimum number of posts per month or anything, that will just make it feel like a chore.
I would try and let the focus develop over time, it will probably mirror the way your general interests in life focus over time. And don't worry if you write a post every now and then that doesn't rigidly fit that focus.
Don't push for it. My employer gives me 8 hours per day to do productive stuff, and my family demands a chunk of my free time. In fact I don't put blogging in that same category as "things I have to do". For me it is an alternative to drinking or watching tv. A chance to wind down, unload some thoughts etc.
Ahh I see you use reading and writing articles and conference papers as alternatives. I think if doing those things were part of my life I wouldn't feel like blogging nearly as much. Why blog if you already have an audience for the same thing through other channels? How would you feel about giving up those other channels, and putting all that content on your blog instead? (I am not suggesting that, but the question might make you think about whether blogging is for you, or whether you could maybe divide the content up into the different channels). Actually, blogging is a lot less formal. When I was a student I had to write papers on the same topics I now blog about, but all the formality made it a drag, finding references, worrying about unwittingly plagiarizing something, making sure it is of "academic quality" (i.e. only facts, no opinions) just really messed up my flow, and made it a total drag. Blogs can be quite liberating from that.