This paper is part of a broader project in which I investigate autobiographical experiences and transcribed memories. Specifically, this essay analyzes the potential linkages between philosophical ideas and everyday social existence. First, I consider the correspondence between an anecdote from my own lived experience and the concept of Bildung--a multidimensional notion loosely translated as "formation," "self-formation," "cultivation," "self-cultivation," "self-development," "cultural process," and so on. Building on Hegel's and Gadamer's contributions to "Bildungstheorie," I introduce readers to the concept. Then, in analyzing my anecdote, I destabilize the concept and demonstrate that any act of "Bildung" can be trivialized easily by "Rückbildung" (reverse-"Bildung"). The general scope of this essay is neither to contribute to the systematization of the concept of "Bildung" nor to discuss potential commonalities within the realm of interpretative contributions to this notion. Instead, I demonstrate that thinkers cannot measure this concept with a set of fixed criteria and, finally, I propose a critical understanding of "Bildung" through a dialogue of "theoria" and "praxis."