[stewfortier]

Over the past couple of years, I've found it useful to shell out the ~$10/month for a Squarespace site and host my content there.

Wordpress is great too, though isn't as plug-and-play as you might expect.

I would avoid the temptation to build & host your own site, as your goal is to _blog_, not code.

Also, consider capturing email addresses and sending all of your new posts to your subscribers.

It's very motivating to see a small, but growing list of people who want you send them everything you write.

Here's the simple design I use if you want to replicate it: https://stewfortier.com/subscribe (it gets about a 30% conversion rate)

Happy writing!