Doesn't matter what my boss objectively needs. If he's got an obsession (or assignment) to track me, then I'll try to juice my metrics with loads of "I'm doing

Doesn't matter what my boss objectively needs. If he's got an obsession (or assignment) to track me, then I'll try to juice my metrics with loads of "I'm doing X, its status is Y, I'll do Z next, W is top priority but currently awaiting V, ..." emails to him. Which might also provide me with a gold mile of ass-coverage and paper trail.