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| Personal life (or everyday life or human existence) is the
course of an individual human's life, especially when viewed as
the sum of personal choices contributing to one's personal
identity. It is a common notion in modern existence – although
more so in more prosperous parts of the world, such as Western
Europe and North America, where there are service industries
designed to help people improve their personal lives via
counselling or life coaching. In the past, technology largely
alleviated the problem of economic scarcity, most people spent a
large portion of their time simply attempting to stay alive.
Survival skills were necessary for the sake of both self and
community; food needed to be harvested and shelters needed to be
maintained. There was little privacy in a community, and people
were identified by their social role. Jobs were assigned out of
necessity rather than personal