Individual Identity
<h2 >Individual identity</h2>
<p >A lifestyle typically also reflects an individual's attitudes, values or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldview" title="Worldview" class="mw-redirect" >worldview</a>. Therefore, a lifestyle is a means of forging a sense of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-concept" title="Self-concept" >self</a> and to create cultural <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol" >symbols</a> that resonate with personal identity. </p>
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Not all aspects of a lifestyle are entirely voluntaristic. Surrounding social and technical systems can constrain the lifestyle choices available to the individual and the symbols she/he is able to project to others and the self.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_(sociology)#cite_note-3" >[4]</a></sup></p>
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The lines between personal identity and the everyday doings that signal a particular lifestyle become blurred in modern society.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle(sociology)#cite_note-4" >[5]</a></sup> For example, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_lifestyle" title="Green lifestyle" class="mw-redirect" >green lifestyle</a>" means holding beliefs and engaging in activities that consume fewer resources and produce less harmful waste (i.e. a smaller <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_footprint" title="Ecological footprint" >carbon footprint</a>), and deriving a sense of self from holding these beliefs and engaging in these activities. Some commentators<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" >[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words" class="mw-redirect" >who?</a></i>]</sup> argue that, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernity" title="Modernity" >modernity</a>, the cornerstone of lifestyle construction is consumption behavior, which offers the possibility to create and further individualize the self with different products or services that signal different ways of life.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle(sociology)#cite_note-5" >[6]</a></sup></p>
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Lifestyle may include views on politics, religion, health, intimacy, and more. All of these aspects play a role in shaping someone's lifestyle. <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_(sociology)#cite_note-6" >[7]</a></sup> </p>