Everything you are doing here is leading to wisdom development. In the scriptures, the Buddha said that there are two main ways to develop wisdom:
1) listening to wise people
2) reflecting on wise words, wise teachings and so on.
We have to listen to wise people and their teachings. This would also include reading books (which they didn't have in the time of the Buddha). We need to read and listen to wise words, and then reflect on them so that we can take them deeper inside.
Now concerning reflecting to develop wisdom, here is a little example of the difference in how fast people can learn: Two people might have the exact same experience, and one person learns from it and one does not. The person who learns is going to be the person who reflects about it afterwards. Here is an example that relates to alcohol. One Friday afternoon a fellow is finishing work and his friends say, "Oh, lets go and have a few beers." The guy does. He gets too drunk. He comes home that night and he beats his wife. Doesn't know anything about it, wakes up in the morning and discovers what he had done. Says," Oh, I am so sorry honey, I am so sorry, I won't ever do it again." She forgives him. He forgets about it, he goes back to work, next week, Friday comes along again, his friends say, "Come, lets go and get drunk." He says "Ok" He gets drunk again, he beats his wife again, the next day, he says "Oh, I am so sorry honey." But he forgets it and does it over and over and over.
Now consider another person, this person goes out drinking with his friends on Friday afternoon, gets drunk, beats his wife. The next day he says "Oh, please Honey, I am so sorry, I won't do it again." And then again on Sunday, "How could I have done that?" On Monday, "How did I do that?" On Tuesday he is reflecting on it, on Wednesday he is reflecting on it and when Friday comes along and his friends say, "Come on, lets go and have a beer." He says, "No way." Because he has reflected on the Dukkha of what had happened. He has developed the wisdom and the strength to say, "No, I'm not doing it again." So wisdom develops greatly when we reflect on our experiences.