Confidence to Confusion..the track

It seems as if every time I'm on a roll, I seem to get off track. I purchased the services of an external dissertation coach to provide and outside perspective and another person to keep me honest. I received the word that I would be allowed to use one tool and I got ready to run and then the questions arose which stopped me in my tracks. There's nothing like running an obstacle course and then once completing an activity to be told to start over and go back 1 or 2 events back. I was told that I'm scared to make a move, to "research and explore". After rethinking, I am, I really am. A dissertation has a lot of concrete guidance, it also has a lot of opinions, feelings, preferences, and ambiguity.

As I look at the calendar, another class has ended and I'm back to the first chapter...If I get momentum on this train, I can guide it home but the tracks are so short and I'm still uncertain.