Most JWs don't step back and look at the big picture. They just live day by day. Another meeting, another book, another field circus outing, another convention, on and on they go on the rat race.
I see it in my own family. Waiting for the big A for decades, through failed prophecies and timelines, they just believe the latest "understanding".
There is never a moment when they take a step back and realize that they have been in holding pattern for decades supported by multiple iterations of failed predictions.