The paradigmatic concerns with the ontological belief of the researcher and methodological choices are often problematic in designing social research. Demand for a congruence along the ontological, epistemological, and methodological positions leads to either roadblocks or forces the researcher to navigate over them. Aligning with the project of decolonizing epistemology, I planned a breakaway from the rigidity of conventional paradigms. However, it turned out to be more problematic when the central issue of the research—homelessness—posed several methodological questions. Ideally, an understanding of “home” should precede researching homelessness, and “home” appeared to be a multifaceted concept. This note disentangles how the conceptual enquiry about “home” helped unravel the conflict of congruence in designing social research and how it helped to formulate a nuanced way of doing research. Resorting to new ways of doing, I argue, does not imply to simply bypass the conventions. At a particular point of my doctoral journey, it seemed imperative to defend the rationale behind breaking away from the conventional paradigms and hence the title, “Why I do what I do.”