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Update- I had the meeting about my progress


So my supervisor was very helpful and talked me through the next stages of my project and what they expect me to do over the next few months.

A lot of the confusion lies on my end since I was forcing myself to pack my days full of work when they were expecting me to take it a bit easier and focus on doing one major task instead of several smaller ones.

To be honest I'm kind of floundering at the minute. My head simply isn't in the game and I'm feeling really bad about everything. I think I need some time off to be honest.
gpt
You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slight less well known is this: Don't mistake activity for productivity!


Seriously though sounds like your advisor is good and was able to help set you straight. This is an incredibly common trap to fall into for PhD students, but it absolutely destroys productivity. You're doing very involved intellectual work- doing one think that's well thought out can have far more value than 20 things that aren't.