How Do We Shape Our Identity

Identity is what makes someone themselves. Someone’s past can shape their identity. People can define themselves by what they like, what they wear, or what they like to do in their free time. All of those things make up someone's identity. I am musical, strong-willed, and Creative.
I’d like to think I’m very musically inclined. Music has always been a passion of mine. I know how to play about six different instruments. Some of them are very closely related such as the trumpet and cornet. I really play a little bit of everything but my all time favorite one to play is the bass guitar. I picked up a bass guitar about a year ago and instantly fell in love with it. I even joined my school’s jazz band and played it for that. I’m also in marching band. I march baritone and at first it was hard because I have no upper body strength but with some practice and my “I can do this attitude” (there was also lots of crying involved), I’m starting to learn to love it. If I’m not playing music, I’m most likely listening to it. My …show more content…
When I was younger my creativeness was shown through me making art. I loved to color and paint and drawing pictures is always what I did in my free time. As I got older my creativeness went into writing. I love writing stories. Whether they are about star-crossed lovers or zombie

Hollowell 3 apocalypse, the ideas just starting flooding out as soon as my fingers hit the keyboard. My creativeness also shows through my makeup. I’m always trying out new looks and seeing which colors blend nicely together. Overall I think being creative is a nice trait to have. Who am I? At the beginning of this essay I struggled to come up with the answer to that. I didn’t want to seem like I was bragging about my musical talent or seem like I thought I was a better writer than anyone else. But these three things describe me and I wanted to be able to show that. I am musical. I am strong-willed. I am