Identity

What's "identity" to me? The word itself is very vague because there isn't a real way to connect it to one particular meaning. In my opinion identity starts out with awareness of self and agreeing with your own reality. I think that people identify themselves with different aspects of life that are unique to them, whether it's fashion, art, music, drugs, occupation, food, religion, culture,etc. The list is endless. If our world wasn't full of variety and diversity identity wouldn't exist. I also think that identity is a way of expression and establishing a way of belonging in this world. It's about finding out who we are and how we relate to our world and other people. History has a lot to do with identity because with history we can trace back and see what originated before our time and that alone answers a lot of questions about who, what , where, when, and definitely why. I also think that identity is self proclamation of what means what to you. It's relating to particular things that ring a bell to you. Identity is relating to something or someone and knowing what it means to you. Identity can also be altered or completely changed. I also think that identity is constantly changing because all the different aspects of life are constantly evolving also.