Learned a new word today, which applies quite nicely to me.   Audodidacticism

It’s basically defines a person whose education is primarily through self-directed learning, self-teaching.  It’s not any sort of special label, as everyone can be defined by this at numerous points in their lives, but I did find it neat to learn a new word.

I found it by reading about Alan Watts, whom I learned about when I stumbled upon this very insightful passage by him, redistributed and animated by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park guys).