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"Character building" is experiences which teach you some of life's lessons; lessons like keep your word, pay attention, don't run with sharp objects. Many character building experiences hurt and may contain a "significant emotional experience". With a little good luck, you will live through them and be a better person.

I used to enjoy standing in the pouring rain during a thunderstorm, holding an open umbrella - it taught me that a little bit of water won't kill you. ;)

I think the most important one is "Don't run with sharp objects".

Skittles - do you have easy access to meat cleavers, carving knives, or something similar?

I have some randon knives, sword, and some Daggars, why?

Daggars? The Middle-Eastern cousin of the lowly dagger?

And you need to learn a vital lesson from character building. Strap as many to your person as possible, and run around. If you do it during a thunderstorm on a busy road, then you can kill three lessons with one stone!

But I don't even know where a busy road IS.

Do you live in the middle of Iowa or something?

Iowa is next to Chicago, right? I'm right below Chicago.