30 Essays in 30 Days for my 30th?

I've always loved to to write, and yet I've never managed more than a few chapters of a first novel, and of course a fairly voluminous set of blog posts. The disparity between the former and the latter has led me to the conclusion that, ideally, I'd like to write a collection of essays rather than a novel - at least at this point in my life. There are a few problems with this idea:

- No one publishes essays unless you are a public intellectual, preferably one who uses your initials rather than your first name to show just how intellectual you are.

- No one reads essays unless you are the above.

- It's much much much easier to be a pompous preaching prig while writing essays. In a novel you can just claim that opinions which people don't like are held by your characters, and not the author.

Despite all of this, the idea of trying to set down my thinking on a series of issues which are important to me remains intriguing. SO - in the spirit of being a ludicrous Protestant work ethic influenced type of person and therefore liking milestones, goals and challenges - I'm toying with the idea of writing 30 Essays in 30 Days for my 30th Birthday. Sort of like this guy, except less insane and with less risk of my knees falling off.

It would mostly be for my own good - a kind of stock taking of where I am at 30, so that I can look back in 10 years time and laugh at myself - but my vanity does insist that at least *some* people have a read of them too. So - my question to my dear readers is this - if I took up the challenge of 30 Essays in 30 Days for my 30th (about 1,500 words each day, in August 2012 I reckon, given the gaps in my various courses and committments), would you read them? If you thought they were good, would you bung the link around your networks? Would you help me get an average of at least 30 readers for each one?

If so, I reckon I'll give it a shot. Why not. If there's one thing the world needs more of, it's random opinions on the Internet. :)