Should I Upgrade My WordPress Plan?

I started blogging in 2009 when I was about to go on my first trip to Japan. At the time, my goal was to record my journey, and I am so glad I did. My post about JICA International Center in Kitakyushu is visited by many visitors from all over the world.

I deliberately blog in English as I want to keep my non-work English writing skills. I do not have any particular topic to write about. I wrote everything but the kitchen sink 🙂 From travel, badminton, baking, parenting, gardening, and random thoughts.

There are ups and downs in my blogging habit. I sometimes do not write for quite some time 🤭

I blogged more when after I traveled. I love posting pictures I took from different places that I visited. But posting a lot of pictures took up my free storage. So, in 2020 during the pandemic, I decided to create another blog to post about my travel experience Footprints of ME. It does not have the same traction as this blog, though, and it soon runs out of space too.

I have used 95% of my free space quota under the free plan. So now I am facing the ultimate question. Should I upgrade my plan? I do not intend to monetize this site, so I will have to put aside some budget to keep the upgraded plan. Is it worth it, though?

I guess I need to rethink what I want to do with this blog. Any thoughts?