Lifestyle simply refers to the way of life of a person. The opinions, behaviors, and interests of a person, group or nation can give an impression of what kind of lifestyle it takes on. It is a mixture of defining demographic variables and psychological aspects. The lifestyle one adapts is a reflection of his experiences, values, attitude, perspective and worldview. It is the way one defines his life and lives accordingly. It is not always a conscious decision and your surroundings and the people around you can influence the lifestyle you adopt. Sometimes one is not even aware of the influence of these factors on his life but they still exist. Lifestyle reflects your perspective on several important things in life including your personal views on religion, politics, society and marriage.

Lifestyles can be classified on the various basis including occupation, military, religion, politics and sexual orientation. Let us discuss different kinds of broad lifestyle categories.

Activism is a type of lifestyle that is dedicated on beginning, ending or even guiding revolution in society. Those who follow this kind of lifestyle involve themselves in numerous actions that are intended at drawing consideration to the case that they are struggling for. The word activism means conflict without direct ferocity, though some contemporary activists incline to be excessively violent and aggressive. A broad lifestyle can include people with different perspectives about the world. The activists unite everything in their lives and devote to the cause that they are fighting for.

In the mid-1960s, the hippie lifestyle started in the United States. The hippie subculture originated directly from the Beatniks of the 1950s and the word “hippie” firstly used to refer to beatniks who relocated to San Francisco and New York. But soon hippies settled their own culture. The hippie lifestyle underlined embracing the sexual upheaval, the use of drugs and listening to psychedelic rock. It made such a gigantic influence on cultures and societies, but ultimately people moved on from it to other things but some still follow it.

Another lifestyle is communal living in which people sharing common interests live together and share resources, sometimes even their work and income. The decisions are made on everyone’s consensus. Modern communes are financially sound and well-organized cooperatives.

In addition to these, there are various kinds of lifestyles depending upon a person’s interests, beliefs, and his environment as well. No matter what lifestyle you follow, you should just try to live and lead a happy and healthy life.