I'm so frustrated that my phd *refuses* to go forward.
I planned a 1500 euro trip to collect data on the understanding that I would get three papers out of it (which is what I need to finish this crap).
When I email my professor to do a final check of them before I operationalize the statistics, a bajillion (real) problems pop up. Now I'm struggling to get one paper pre approved. (The trip is in June)
I feel super dumb, like I didn't ducking got it that my papers were crap? I'm also mad at my professor, though I'm not sure if he has any blame on this.
In summary: I feel useless, like I wasted four years of my life, with something that I'm unable to achieve.
#phdlife

@Jey_snow You didn't waste those four years. You still got a lot out of them. And you still have a few years left to get your dissertation done. Once you get to data collection, it's pretty much done. You can do this.