What Is Lifestyle?
A lifestyle is the way of life a person or group of people live. A person's lifestyle is characterized by their attitudes, actions, and interests. Alfred Adler first used the term lifestyle in 1929, and Max Weber referred to it as "the pattern of life" in 1922, but his writings were not translated into English until after Adler's work was published. According to Adler, lifestyle is a compensatory mechanism for feelings of inadequacy, and that it...