reading schedule
Meditations reading schedule
by Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Meditations runs about 71,923 words — roughly 5h of reading. Here is how to break it into a daily habit you can actually keep.
Pick a pace
| finish | a day | pages a day |
|---|---|---|
| In a week · 7 days | ~44 min | ~55 |
| In two weeks · 14 days | ~22 min | ~28 |
| In a month · 30 days | ~10 min | ~13 |
| A few pages a day · 38 days | ~8 min | ~10 |
a Folio page is about 190 words · ~8 min reads ten
Your first week
ten pages a day · 38 days to the end
- day 1pages 1–10
- day 2pages 11–20
- day 3pages 21–30
- day 4pages 31–40
- day 5pages 41–50
- day 6pages 51–60
- day 7pages 61–70
- …and so on to the end
Folio runs this for you — it serves today's pages, keeps your place across devices, and counts the streak. You just read.
start reading MeditationsQuestions
- How long does it take to read Meditations?
- Meditations is about 71,923 words. Read straight through it takes roughly 5h; at a calm 8 minutes a day you finish in about 38 days.
- How many pages a day to read Meditations in a month?
- About 13 pages a day (roughly 10 minutes) finishes Meditations in 30 days.
- Can I read Meditations for free?
- Yes. The full text of Meditations is free to read on Folio in daily portions.