People like the idea of catching up. It feels responsible. You missed something, so you go back and make it right.
That works in some areas. Not so much here.
You miss a few days and decide you’ll make up for it later. That sounds reasonable, but now the amount of reading has doubled. Miss again and you’re even further behind.
Pretty soon you’re not behind by a little. You’ve built something you’re not going to sit down and do in one pass.
At that point most people stop. Not because they changed their mind, but because the cost of “doing it right” got too high.
The plan isn’t built around finishing perfectly. It’s built around staying in it.
If you miss time, nothing is broken. There isn’t anything to repair. You just pick up where we are and keep going.
What you skipped isn’t lost. You’ll come back around to it.
Trying to recover everything at once usually leads to doing none of it. Just pick it back up and keep it going this time.
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