I looked at the entry in Rebecca Blood's blog where she interviewed Tiffany B. Brown, who is currently an Interactive Developer from the Atlanta area.
She started her first blog as a way to promote herself professionally as a coder, but she has created two other blogs since. Her two other blogs, BlackFeminism.org and CulturedWino.com, receive varying amounts of traffic compared to her first blog, although BlackFeminism.org has received much more attention and comments.
She was a journalism major in college, but was never a professional writer. Throughout her blogging career, she has noticed a shift in her writing style from being more professional, to the freedom of using her own first-person voice when discussing topics.
Although she does make money from her blogs, she still keeps her regular job and blogs for the ability to connect, share, and debate. I believe that Tiffany is a great example of using blogging to share your passions, without it having to consume your entire life.
I agree that you should blog to express interests in your life. In fact I can imagine that would be a very cathartic thing to do.
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