What is the concept of ownlife, and what does it make clear about Party expectations in 1984?

The Newspeak word ownlife means individualism and eccentricity. These are both frowned on and slightly dangerous because, as the narrator tells readers, it is assumed that, whenever a person is not “working, eating, or sleeping,” the person is taking part in a communal activity sanctioned by the Party. Readers see an example of ownlife in Book 1, Chapter 8, when, for the second time in three weeks, Winston rashly opts out of an evening at the Community Center to go for a walk among the prole homes and establishments in the seedier part of London. What it makes clear about Party expectations in Oceania is that no one (except possibly the proles, because they are destitute and therefore relatively ignored) is expected to have anything approximating a personal life. The only activities people should be participating in are those prescribed by the Party.