Blogging as Income Generating

I've read a couple of blogs lately, each of the bloggers wanting to monetize their blogs or be a major source of income for them. When I was a housewife I tried to find ways on how to earn from blogging, but eventually my interest died down because of the amount of work that needs to be done in order to do so. Aside from these, statistics needs to be looked into. Good thing there are a couple of services out there such as report engine services and site stats to help out bloggers. But again, I just wanted blogging to be fun for me, not as a chore that needs to be maintained because of its earning capability. Sure, having extra funds is good, but I guess blogging for income is probably not in my priority list, for now at least. This is not to say that I will not go down this road in the future. Right now, though, as it has always been, I'm just blogging for me. AS a journal, as a haven, as my own lavender fields, away from the turmoils of life.