While going through many articles and posts trying to gather data for my research inquiry, I found the following post in "Psychology's Today" Journal:
"Everyone’s rushing to get to the top, all the while failing to realize that the “top” is just a mindset; it can be limitless if you let it be. Instead, people are in a great big hurry to get nowhere in particular. It’s like they’re running on a treadmill, trying to get to where they want to go and convincing themselves that they’ll only have worth when they reach that next “level." Everyone wants to save time getting to the top, but all they end up doing is wasting it."
This got me thinking!
Do we ever stop trying to reach somewhere, or do we sometimes stop and enjoy the small things and moments along the way?
Hidden information-knowledge lives in those little moments that we pass by in a rush so we reach and achieve something.
I do believe that we need to make time and trust the process along the way, because after all its the journey that matters, its that that fills us with many educational points (hidden or not) and provides us with many moments that we can gain so many more.
Allowing yourself to grow through the process is something that if is achievable you can find greater motivation, and even a new purpose/goal that hadn't even occurred to you before.
That is why if we are talking about research methods , we should allow the research to lead us to paths we didn't think about before, so this can give us new results to questions we didn't know we had.
My advice: Don't put a limit on research findings!:)
For me and what I think the most fascinating and important part is seeing that happiness mustn't always be around trying to always achieve a goal, its knowing that the process is what is more important, any process shouldn't be rushed, taking time to achieve what you want and gaining as many as you can from the journey is what really matters.
Just sharing my thoughts!
Maria
Monday, September 27, 2021
Trusting The Process.
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Hi Maria,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your thoughts.
I believe the same thing as you and to be honest now that I think about it, every time I decided to stop worrying about the future or the results of something, I had a better mindset, therefore felt enthusiast and peaceful. Our research journey should be more like that: we feed our curiosity, challenge our assumptions and embrace changes during the process instead of just stressing about the 'outcome'. Yes we set goals but they can change and as you said, we can allow the research to lead us to different paths!