I've been blogging for a long time... since the mid 90's, I think... Yeah, some time back in '95 when I just wrote entries directly in HTML as separate files and then had a script that would sort them by date and produce an overall index on the VMS box I used as a server back then. That was back in the days when a diary was just a set of entries, there was no such things like categories, tags or other fluff and people were just talking about their own daily lives whenever they felt like, sometimes often, sometimes not.

It's in that spirit that I still write here today. Sure, I've had categories for a while and then moved on to tags to have some kind of topical structure, but the basic intent is still the same, it's just the story of my life through thoughts, things that concern me one way or the others, things I agree or disagree with, things I do, and updated as (ir)regularly as before.

When friends talk to me about the thought of starting to blog, the usual concern are two:

1. What shall I write about?
2. I've got to update regularly or noone will read/I'll lose courage.

The other concern is which software or hosting service to use, but that's often a lesser concern compared to the two above.

My usual answer is:

1. Write about yourself, start with something, whatever you like. Unless you want to write about something very specific that's close to your heart, but then you wouldn't ask that question, would you?
2. This depends on two things:
   1. Who are you writing for? Are you writing for an audience that you think are expecting something or for yourself and the pleasure of writing in public? For me, it's really the latter, and let me tell you that although I'm an irregular writer, there is a set of readers that seem to check out this blog on a semi-regular basis... and I'm absolutely fine with that!
   2. There are some blog hosts that require regular updates, like at least once a week, or you will lose your account. Me, I wouldn't go near such a service for the life of me, but I have a friend who does (that's how I know this).

Really, a simple solution is to start writing.
Just stop worrying and start! After a while, you will notice on your own what you write about, if there's a specific topic through the majority of all the entries. If you write about many topics, I'm sure it won't take too long before you start using tags (I think all blogging software have them today).
Just start!