Hi everyone
I am looking for a bit of advice. I finished my PhD at the end of 2016 and went into a 4 year postdoc at a new institute. It's a great institute and my PI is really agreeable.
My PhD, however, was a bit of a jackpot. I had the ideal type of supervisor and we remain good friends and collaborators. I was able to get 2 papers from my thesis, one of which in a very high impact journal (~19). I went into my new role in high spirits that I could continue on the same positive momentum. I've changed fields slightly but the idea is to apply stuff from my PhD to this new role. However, here I am over 1 year on and I feel like zero progress has been made. I'm constantly spiralling back to square one. I can't see where any paper is going to come from and I feel demoralised and like I might have taken the wrong job.
I have 3 years left so there is time to get stuff done but it's almost like the 'mid-PhD blues' that I avoided have suddenly hit me in my first postdoc.
I am just after a bit of advice from anyone who has had a similar experience. Should I be worried at this stage?