I have been continuously working on research papers in my field of study since I received my doctoral degree. Recently, I finished a paper and tried to contribute it to a journal of the KCI. I waited for several days before receiving a rejection. As it was a paper that I had written over several months and with a great amount of effort and sincerity, I was very disappointed. Many thoughts went through my mind. Why did it fail? What went wrong? Hadn’t I done my best? Does the content of the paper not fit with the journal's style? Should I try to send it to another journal? What if it gets rejected again? ... I felt weary, tired and frustrated.