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<jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</jats:title>
<jats:p> – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the experience of “growing up” with <jats:italic>QROM</jats:italic> in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the journal. </jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title>
<jats:p> – Personal reflection. </jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</jats:title>
<jats:p> – Reading, writing and reviewing for <jats:italic>QROM</jats:italic> has given the inspiration and confidence to develop the author’s own qualitative research practice, but the author hopes it does not stop there. The author looks forward to the next ten years. </jats:p>
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<jats:title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</jats:title>
<jats:p> – To revisit the editors’ original question and ask: why do the author still need <jats:italic>QROM</jats:italic>?</jats:p>
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