life after work

Freedom after employment

Life after work refers to the period of retirement, when employment no longer structures daily existence.

The phrase emphasizes identity and purpose beyond career: She's been planning her life after work for years.

It can also mean simply the hours after the workday ends—evening leisure time: My life after work is mostly Netflix and takeout.

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sleeping in · hobbies · grandchildren · empty nest · golf · travel · freedom · garden · sunset · rocking chair · social security · golden years · rest · peace and quiet · volunteer · part-time job · downsizing · memoir

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career stage/temporal phase

life after workworking life

Employed years collectively

career · professional life · employment · nine-to-five · work life

activity vs. rest

life after workdrudgery

Hard, boring work

toil · labor · nose to the grindstone

life trajectory

life after workstarting out

Initiating an endeavor

climbing the ladder · youth · young adulthood · apprenticeship · mid-career

Family

life, after, work, lively, lifelike, lifelong, lifetime, lifeless, livelihood

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G