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According to Online Etymology Dictionary "
lifestyle" is from 1929, originally a specific term used by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937); broader sense is from 1961. In sociology a lifestyle is the way a person lives.
Style of life is concern individual, characteristic for every human a way of life: the whole of motives, features, interests, merits, behavior, and the metod what we observe the world and respond to it. It is depend on social norms, surroundings, where human identify with some kind of behavior, also a personal convictions and importances. It can depend on economical and political situation and social structure.
A lifestyle typically also reflects an individual's attitudes, values or worldview. Therefore, a lifestyle is a means of forging a sense of self and to create cultural symbols that resonate with personal identity. 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.
Is the most general description of activity a determined social group or individual. Lifestyle is created and reached during all our life and undergo a transformation.
It is important, that our personality is changing under the influence our lifestyle.
We can to distinguish many type of our lifestyle, but the most popular are a consumer lisfestyle and healthy lifestyle. Here we have so modern types of life.
Consumer lifestyle:
This influencing factor relates to the way we live through the activities we engage in and interests we express. In simple terms it is what we value out of life. Lifestyle is often determined by how we spend our time and money. It is fact that exist a scince name consumer behavior- is the study of when, why, how, where and what people do or do not buy products. It attempts to understand the buyer decision making process, both individually and in groups. It studies characteristics of individual consumers such as demographics and behavioural variables in an attempt to understand people's wants. It also tries to assess influences on the consumer from groups such as family, friends, reference groups, and society in general.
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Healthy lifestyle:
Complete different type of life is healthy lifestyle- is tis generally oposition of consumer behavior. We hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that mean? In general, a healthy person doesn't smoke, is at a healthy weight, eats healthy and exercises. Better lifestyle habits can help you reduce your risk for heart attack- here are few exaples of healthy food and dishes:
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Many people have excess stress that affects their health, happiness, and other areas of their lives. But while virtually all of us could benefit from adding healthy habits to our lifestyle, it’s harder to begin a new habit.One of many steps is start to creating a healthy new habit that will be a long-term staple in your lifestyle is to choose an activity that fits well with who you are and how you live.
* Eat heart-healthy foods
* Do not smoke or use tobacco
* Make exercise a habit
* Manage stress
* Maintain a healthy weight
* Monitor your blood pressure
* Get adequate sleep
* Take medications as prescribed
* Limit alcohol intake
what type of lifestyle you prefer? Are you a coach potato and spend your days to buy and eat or maybe you active and resonabe person?