it's character-building

[fflo]

So, we "character"s (as in "you're a real ___") may seem on some linguistic level not to need it, but I am, irregardless, engaging in character building. Right? That's what's happening, right? That's a wherefore, good buddy?

I begin to wonder whether I really have the touch necessary to make a go of my imagined big-business business of selling people rationalizations. I may be losing faith in my talent for that kind of thing.