personal life

Off-the-clock existence

Personal life encompasses the private aspects of someone's existence outside work or public roles—family, relationships, health, hobbies, home.

The phrase typically appears when distinguishing these matters from professional ones: She keeps her personal life separate from work.

To ask about someone's personal life is to inquire into matters they may consider private.

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health · parental leave · family dinner · self-care · me time · autobiography · quality time · privacy · solitude · memoir · self-narrative · mornings · late nights · intimate · home · weekends · friends · inner circle

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professional domain

personal lifeprofessional life

Work-related sphere of existence

work life · career · working life · job · work

public exposure

personal lifepublic life

Existence in societal view

public image · public eye · public sphere · celebrity · fame

social scope

personal lifesocial life

Interpersonal recreational activity

community life · civic life · public affairs · public engagement · community involvement

Family

life, personal, personality, persona, personally, impersonal, personable, interpersonal, personhood

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