work-life balance

American

[wurk-lahyf bal-uhns] / ˈwɜrkˈlaɪf ˌbæl əns /

Or work/life balance

noun

a situation in which one divides or balances one's time between work and activities outside of work.

It's hard to achieve a reasonable work-life balance when you run your own business.

Etymology

Origin of work-life balance

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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"We cannot maintain prosperity with a four-day week and work-life balance," he has told them.

From Barron's

If you have a happy and healthy work-life balance, you spend the right amount of time at home with your wife and at the office, and you enjoy your leisure and vacation time along with the time you spend at work, then keep doing what you’re doing.

From MarketWatch

If you and your wife enjoy your current work-life balance, keep doing what you’re doing.

From MarketWatch

Head teachers are struggling to find a work-life balance as they describe the pressures in their schools as "exhausting and untenable".

From BBC

Many sleep experts worry a sleepcation is just a temporary Band-Aid for a broken work-life balance.

From The Wall Street Journal

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