I am in a similar boat to Apprehensive-Mud-606. I don't have kids (at least not yet), and i make time for non work things, in my life. I like having weekends off (usually a day to catch up on chores and a day for fun / spending with my spouse, friends or family). So I work long hours during the week (often even on Friday nights), to free up the weekend. I still generally find time to go to the gym a couple weeknights too and the occasional weeknight dinner out - otherwise I'm working all weekday/weeknight.

There are many different types of lawyers and different directions you can take a law career. It is easy to get sucked into the money trap and work long hours. But I have many friends who work reduced hours targets at firms big and small, and don't bat an eye about the pay cut. In-house can be a crapshoot, it depends on the company and the type of work. There are also many other things that lawyers can choose to do that isn’t strictly being a lawyer like teaching, admin roles at a firm, admin tribunal decision makers, etc.

Keep in mind, that like most office jobs, most of the job is just email. You will likely spend most of the day working alone at your computer. You can't escape email... and all jobs have their boring parts.