How do you deal with the feeling that your job takes away your entire life?

How do you deal with the feeling that your job takes away your entire life?

I’ve been working for around 1.5 years now. My current job is a day shift, from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM, so I spend around 9 hours at work every day.

After logging off, I come home, eat, shower, relax for a bit, and before I know it, it’s time to sleep and get ready for work again.

What’s bothering me is that I genuinely feel like I have no time for myself anymore. The days go by so quickly, and it feels like the same cycle keeps repeating: work → home → sleep → work.

I know having a job is normal and I’m not expecting to have unlimited free time, but I’m wondering how other people deal with this feeling.

How do you maintain a life outside of work when your job takes up most of your day? And at what point did you decide that you needed to change your job, schedule, or lifestyle?