Revised plan
Here's the adjusted plan.
The old schedule was made by a more optimistic version of you, on a calmer week. Throw it out. The schedule you need is the one built from tonight.
Quick answer
The short answer
A revised reading schedule is built from pages remaining and days remaining, not from your original start date. Recalculate every time "behind" starts to feel heavy.
The formula
New daily pages = Pages remaining ÷ Days remaining
Pick the target date that fits your real week, not your fantasy week.
| Pages remaining | 5 days | 10 days | 14 days | 21 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 pages | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| 150 pages | 30 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| 200 pages | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| 300 pages | 60 | 30 | 22 | 15 |
| 400 pages | 80 | 40 | 29 | 20 |
| 500 pages | 100 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
How to build yours in 60 seconds
- Open the book. Note the page you're on.
- Subtract from total pages — that's pages remaining.
- Pick a finish date that fits the next two weeks of life.
- Divide pages remaining by days remaining. Round up.
- That's tonight's target. The old plan is gone.
What a revised schedule is not
- Not the old plan plus a deficit. You don't owe anyone last week's pages. Start clean.
- Not a punishment pace. If the new number is over ~50 pages/day, push the date — not the pace.
- Not permanent. Revise again next week if you need to. That's the point.
Let Page Pace revise it for you, every morning.
Tell it the book and the deadline. It rebuilds the schedule from where you actually are — no deficits, no guilt, just tonight's small number.
Frequently asked
- What's a revised reading schedule?
- A reading plan built from where you actually are — current page, current date — instead of one carried over from when you started. The original plan doesn't survive a sick week, a work crunch, or a vacation. The revised one does.
- How do I revise a reading schedule mid-book?
- Take pages remaining, divide by days remaining until your new target date, round up. That's your daily number. Stop comparing it to the old plan — the old plan was made on a different day, for a different week.
- How often should I revise?
- Whenever the gap between plan and reality stops feeling small. Page Pace does it automatically every morning, so the number on your screen is always the right number for today.
- Won't constantly revising mean I never finish?
- The opposite. Carrying a stale plan is what makes people quit books — every night feels like failing. A revised plan is small and doable, which is exactly what keeps you reading.
- What if my new daily number feels too high?
- Move the target date out by 3–5 days. A revised schedule with a calmer pace and a slightly later finish beats a heroic schedule you abandon by Tuesday.
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