For the last 9 weeks, I have been trying to get my data analyzed. I’ve been to 4 different agencies and to the government statistic office 9 times. My time in Swaziland is ticking and I am no longer patient, and am losing my ability to be tactful.
Is the whole study a waste if I do not get the data disseminated while I’m in Swaziland? Will any change happen if I report my findings after I leave? How can I not go back to the people I surveyed to share what I found and discuss ways to help them? Right now I feel like a huge disappointment. But I’ve done everything I can think of to make the study a success. I am working so hard and nothing is changing. I need to let go.
But let go of a study I’ve worked on for 2 years? Something that I quit my job for, left my friends and family, put my life on hold, and flew across an ocean for? I’m sitting on a gold mine. I’m about to start digging with my hands…
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