Atomic Habits / quote 1 of 52
Your identity is literally your "repeated beingness"
Your identity emerges out of your habits. [...] More precisely, your habits are how you embody your identity. When you make your bed each day, you embody the identity of an organized person. When you write each day, you embody the identity of a creative person. When you train each day, you embody the identity of an athletic person. The more you repeat a behavior, the more you reinforce the identity associated with that behavior. In fact, the word identity was originally derived from the Latin words 'essentitas', which means being, and 'identidem', which means repeatedly. Your identity is literally your “repeated beingness.”