I really like your blog. But in my humble opinion, "the personal blog" are usually not the one that makes a lot of money (or steady stream of income) on the internet (outside of steemit). If your goal is to have a fairly constant stream of income by having followers clicking on every article you publish...I would niche down. If you are blogging for fun and like the random highs and lows, keep doing what you are doing. :-)

The price has had a huge impact on payout...but I won't blame it entirely on that. I think the competition is a lot more fierce and when that happens in marketing, we have to niche down to stay competitive.

For an example of incredible steady stream of income, check @ozchartart...it's fantastically stable.