Identity Molecule

As a person in our society, you are identified by what groups you belong to. These groups change over the course of your life and the changes in groups changes who you are as a person. When i was younger I belonged to many groups like sports teams,dance classes, and school friends but the most influencial and important group in my life was my family. They were the ones I spend the majority of my day with and they were the ones I wanted to be with and looked up to. My master status was a daughter or a sister. As I am getting older, my groups are changing and the influences on my life are changing. In junior high my biggest influences were the girls on my cheer team. I had hours of cheer practice each day all the way through freshman year and I indentified myself as a cheer leader, and thats what people knew me as. Now that I have stopped cheering, and that group is out of my life, the major group I identify with is my group of friends. I have plenty of different groups of friends, but there is a group of 6 girls who i consider my best friends. We are together at any moment we can be and they have a huge influence on my life. We talk the same, enjoy the same things, and think the same way. I couldn't imagine my life without them becuase they are my life. My family is still a huge part of my life but I think as we get older we realize that we have a choice of who influences us and we pick people that relate to us rather than our family becuase our family has been there and already had their share of influences on us. i think that everyone is who they are because of the people in their life. It's not a fact of liking them or not, but either way they have an effect on the person you are.