How People Shape Our Identity

Identity is a core and unavoidable part of our lives and it is the distinguishing character of personality of an individual that describes the role we play in society. Our actions shape our identity, and in turn, our identity shape our actions. With that being said, one of the biggest challenge we are faced with is change and from the moment we are born we are exposed to it. Things are constantly changing in our daily lives that affect us and influence our personalities and hence shape our identities. Whether we have grown 2 inches taller, lost our baby teeth, go to a new school, meet new friends, start a new job, and etc.… Life is never going to stay exactly the same and because of this, our lives change physically, mentally, emotionally, and

Many may also argue that we just add, subtract and construct our personalities, but regardless we are the same in our core. These are all great points, but unfortunately not true. We are physically the same person, but internally we are completely different. We are not the same person we were at 12 years old. We no longer worry about playing with dolls, or cars. We have a completely different mindset, different purposes and targets, what seemed important then is nothing compared to what is prominent now. In other words, we develop different needs and new desires. According to the article “10 Reasons Why Change is Important for Personal Development,” Author Grant Pettersson (2015) stated “In order to avoid stagnation, it’s important for internal changes to be made almost continuously.” To clarify, we cannot be internally the same. In order for us to become the person we want, changing is one of the most rewarding processes. There may be areas in your life that you are discontented with and in order to achieve happiness and joy change needs to occur. It is impossible for us to remain the same with the constant changes that occur in our