The purpose of this article is to recount some highlights of a personal journey of a case study researcher. The researcher not only hopes to give a methodological and scholarly approach to the research but also intends to share some personal exciting and disappointing experiences during the journey. The article gives a detail on identifying the research problem, selection of the adequate research method, selection of the research organization, data collection, analysis and making sense of the data, publishing the results and extending research into post-doctoral research.
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