Am I an Anarchist?

I secretly want to be, but I don't know enough about this anarchy stuff to fully consider myself one. Here begins my journey of researching the modern day anarchist, and anarchy, in aid to help other clueless humans like myself :)
Joining the Steemit community, I saw a lot of posts with topics about anarchy, and people who are anarchists and I hadn't really heard the terms until recently. So I started to refresh my brain on government systems, and the more I read about anarchists, the more I identified with them, but on a much milder scale.

This is my first look into myself as an anarchist, so I could be completely understanding everything wrong, so please give me feedback, or advice, or point me in a more educated direction!

From my understanding and what I'm learning, an anarchy is based on the self, and against traditional forms of government (i.e. the state). Anarchy is "Law and freedom without force" according to Immanuel Kant.

Then I see another definition of anarchy, as "A situation of confusion, and wild behavior in which the people in a country, group, organization, etc. are not controlled by rules or laws." So now I'm thinking anarchy is wild and confusing? People who consider themselves anarchists seem independent, logical, and happy from what I'm seeing... Who created this definition?

I continue reading and come across Donald Rooum's What is Anarchism? An Introduction. Rooum states "But it would be a mistake to think of anarchism as essentially negative. The opposition to government arises out of a belief about society which is positive." And suddenly, my short-lived pessimistic view on anarchy and anarchists disappears. I love when he also says "Anarchists believe that the point of society is to widen the choices of individuals." I totally agree and would say that most of my ideals are in line with an anarchists view on how society should run. Each individual is just that: individual. Each human possesses unique opinions and talents, offering different values to society, one not being higher than the other.

So then comes the question of okay, so anarchists don't believe in centralized governments, which means they probably don't have corporate/capitalist jobs...so what do anarchists do? Answer: "what distinguishes anarchists from the rest of society is our emphasis on direct action to achieve our goals." YES YES YES!!! I get that. I understand. That is me. I took direct action (see my From Corporate to Paradise post) to achieve some of my goals. My goal was to move to Maui, work for a non-profit, and talk about conserving our oceans while also working on conservation projects on the side. I said good-bye 9-5, and hello to writing my own story. Though I am still owned by the government and getting taxed heavily for social security, health insurance, and dental insurance, and then paying for everything else on my own which is also taxed, I feel like I'm on the road to being my own boss and not be governed by someone else. In time, that will come. I also love what else this website said... "You'll find that anarchists are a lot like you -- everyday working people, almost uniformly poor." I am very poor and still chained to paying off student loans for a while. I got sucked into the capitalist game where it's impossible for my mom to pay for both my sister and I to go to a 4 year university without taking out loans. Yes yes I know you are thinking, why then go to a 4 year university? Well, at the time, that's all I thought I was supposed to do. Go to college, get a degree, find a job....but now I'm broadening my horizons, opening my mind to things like Steemit, anarchy, and just saying FUCK THE SYSTEM to begin my road of being an anarchist. Not because it's a cool fad, but because I'm starting to identify more and more with these people.

Am I an Anarchist? To some degree YES. I think all of us posses a little bit of anarchy!