Everyday English
have your life together
be organised and in control
To be organised and able to manage the important parts of your life.
Hear it in real life
How are you managing the new job?
Quite well - I finally feel like I've got my life together.
Since I started using a weekly planner, I feel as if I have my life together.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I've got together my life since starting my new job.
Say: I've got my life together since starting my new job.
Keep "together" after "my life"; do not move it before the object in this fixed expression.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
I've got my life together; she has her life together; get your life together
Your turn: say it out loud
Since I started using a weekly planner, I feel as if I have my life together.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
have your life together
be organised and in control
“Since I started using a weekly planner, I feel as if I have my life together.”
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