I use wordpress for my blog.  I would recommend anyone else starting a blog to do so for may reasons.
Number one its really easy to maintain. You can very easily add posts, pages, links, images etc.
There are thousands of new theme you can install by a click of a button. You can update wordpress via a  click of a button and there are
hundreds of plug in to add to your site. These plug ins are like mini programs which you can add like a backup program which will email you
a backup of your blog every week, a signature plug in which will add your signature automatically after each post.

Its makes you life so much more easier I can’t see why you wouldn’t use it. Also for SEO purposes google seems to like blog and you can many SEO plug ins to help you