work life balance
Job-leisure harmony sought
Work life balance is the equilibrium between professional demands and personal time—the idea that neither should consistently overwhelm the other.
The phrase emerged as workplace expectations intensified: She left the firm for a job with better work-life balance.
It often appears in discussions of burnout, remote work policies, and career choices.
Also spelled work-life balance.
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- flexible hoursAdjustable work schedule
- quiet quittingWorking without exceeding requirements
- boundariesLines marking separation
- setting boundariesEstablishing personal limits
wellness · remote · four-day week · overtime · stress · mental health · family · priorities · commute · schedule · fulfillment · weekends · personal time · family time · vacation · hustle · disconnect · self-care
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- lifestylessimple living, minimalism, self-care, healthy eating, communal living
- remote worktelework, remote job, telecommuting, distributed team, virtual office
- Modern Trendscancel culture, doom scrolling, doomscrolling, echo chambers, fake news
- twentiestwenties, young adult, early adulthood, emerging adulthood, college grad
- ZoomersTikTok, Generation Z, rizz, chronically online, screenagers
work life balanceworkaholism
Addiction to one's job
burnout · overwork · imbalance · hustle culture · always on
work life balancegrinding
Molar action sometimes
running on empty · karoshi · burning the candle at both ends
work, life, balance, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable