Another one of those annoying milestones

Today marks 500 days since I officially began writing my thesis. Notice that I didn't say that I've been writing for 500 days, because there are some weekends in there when I didn't do any writing. I really had hoped to have submitted before the big 500, but alas, yet again, the dream has died. In fact, when I mentioned to one of my supervisors that 500 was closing in, they said "Good, you should aim for 600 now". This kind of thinking really does have a negative impact on me. Honestly, they keep moving the "phinish line" further and further away. I've heard a lot of talk recently about perfectionism and how you shouldn't fall victim to it. But what do you do when your supervisor is the perfectionist and you no longer are?

Yesterday, I had to ask for yet another extension from GRSO, beyond the submission date that we had agreed upon less than three weeks ago. It appears I don't have to submit any paperwork this time as it is a relatively short extension. Yesterday I was informed that yet another student who started well after I did was going to be submitting before me...their entire candidature was less than twice the amount of time I have spent writing! And instead of celebrating my 500th day in thesis mode with an easy day, what did I find in my inbox this morning? Corrections to be made on 19 out of 24 pages of a chapter. This, despite my supervisor telling me just last Friday that he was really pleased with this chapter. It is little wonder that I sometimes find it hard to believe what people say. And little wonder that I find it harder and harder to come in here every morning.