I know this if off topic but I'm looking into starting my own blog and was wondering what all is needed to get set up?

I'm assuming having a blog like yours would cost 
a pretty penny? I'm not very web smart so I'm not 100% sure.
Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lzzfawuzmZZ9d8m5ih4UdJ7CbhOUreT7