Fill in the blank, please

One of my kids recently said, “Life is too short to wear fake diamonds.”

That got me to thinking: what else is life too short for?

I am starting a list for myself:

Life is too short to watch American Idol.
Life is too short to finish reading books you don’t like by Chapter Four.
Life is too short for grudges.
Life is too short for low-fat cheese.
Life is too short to drink wine that comes in a box.

I’d love to hear what youse guys think.

Fill in the blank: Life is too short for ________________

46 Replies to “Fill in the blank, please”

  1. Life is too short to clean house when your children would rather play.

    Life is too short to let the little things get you down.

    Life is too short to put off until tomorrow what you want to do today.

  2. Life’s too short to worry about pleasing everyone else first.

    Hahaha, I’ve heard good things about boxed wine. 🙂 Never had it myself.

  3. Life is too short to keep trying that ballpoint pen that onlyl works sometimes.

    Life is too short to worry about dog hair. (Or cat hair.)

  4. : ) LOL those are nice ones.

    Life is too short for “low fat” ice cream, and low fat mayonaise(who knows what this is, anyway?)
    Life is too short not to take a study break when you feel like it
    Life it too short not to waste a whole bunch of time, and enjoy saying you’ve wasted it!
    Life is too short for stereotyping.

  5. Life is too short for cheap milk chocolate.

    Life is too short for small talk.

    And I’m with you on finishing books you don’t like. That feels criminal.

  6. Life is too short for cheap pens.

    Life is too short to not sing.

    Life is too short to forget to say I care about you you, I’m proud of you, I admire you, I love you.

    Life is too short for dieting.

  7. Life is too short to dust.

    Life is too short to wait around for “someday” to do what it is you want to do.

    Life is too short for you not to write the book you were meant to write right now.

    Life is too short for wearing high heels, uncomfortable clothes and hair that takes more than 2 minutes to get ready/

  8. Life is too short to work yourself sick.
    Life is too short to let your friends influence you.
    Life is too short to not give love your all.
    Life is too short to not eat chocolate.
    Life is too short to procrastinate.

    and my personal favorites which I have ALWAYS said:

    1) Life’s short, talk fast.

    2) Life’s short, eat dessert first and last.

    haha.

  9. Life is too short to think nieces are snobs about boxed wine. (It’s very good, thank you very much. Just give it a little time to breathe when you pour some out. Very economical, too. Lasts a lo-o-ong time.)
    Life is too short to miss the opportunity to dance.

  10. Life is too short

    Life is too short not to eat chocolate every day!

    Life is too short to eat fat free salad dressing (yuck)!

    Life is too short so tell your kids you love them and give them a kiss every morning when you send them off to school.

    Life is too short to stay in an abusive relationship whether it is physical or mental. Get out!

    Life is too short so rake fall leaves and jump in them like you were a little kid again!

    Life is too short to stop trick-or-treating because you are “too old”!

    Life is too short so sing every day at the top of your lungs.

    Some of my favorite quotes about life were stated from the following people.

    “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin

    “I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

  11. Life is too short

    Life is too short for wearing high heels, uncomfortable clothes and hair that takes more than 2 minutes to get ready/

    AMEN!!!!!! It took me close to 40 years to figure this one out. Thanks for mentioning this one.

  12. Life is too short to be mean to people.

    Life is too short not to get help for people in need.

    Life is too short to even let the big things keep you down for long.

    Life is too short not to give up something you might enjoy so you’ll be around longer for the people who love you.

    Life is too short to keep denying your dreams.

  13. Re: Life is too short

    And Life is too short to keep wearing clothes that don’t fit properly or make you feel good! Ditch them and move on!

  14. Life is too short to wait for him/her to call.
    Life is too short to wait for your hair to dry.
    Life is too short to vacuum!
    Life is too short to wait in line at Starbucks.

  15. A good meme.

    Life is too short to watch TV (as opposed to videos); it’s too short to surrender one’s independence for the sake of consumerism; it’s too short to hold a grudge.

    See, now this has the Zoe Mulford song, “Life is Too Short to Fold Underwear” playing in my head. (Visit the link to hear it.)

    There’s one piece of wisdom that sticks in my head;
    I heard it someplace or it’s something I read
    about someone or other whose grandmother said
    that life is too short to fold underwear.

    Life is too short to fold underwear
    Life is too short to play solitaire
    Get off your duff, it’s time to begin
    There’s good deeds to do and there’s sins to be sinned
    and there’s not enough time to fit it all in –
    Life is too short to fold underwear.

    Life is too short to eat processed cheese
    or mealy tomatoes or third-rate Chinese
    or to live someplace dismal without any trees
    and life is too short to fold underwear.

    Life is too short to spend it alone
    or with folks that are mean, or a long way from home
    or to serve an obsession that isn’t your own
    and life is too short to fold underwear.

  16. Life is too short for friends that suck. That’s as simple as I can put it. Celebrate the friends who are there for you!

  17. Life is too short for

    Life is too short for if eternity is a myth, I will not have had enough time to be with my true love, my friend, my wife. BH

  18. I don’t know who said this but I love it!

    “Life is too short to fold underware neatly. Just shove it in the drawer!”

  19. Life is to short to not make time to see your friends.
    Life is to short for compulsory ICT lessons.
    Life is to short to worry about getting blu-tac on the walls when you stick up posters/photos/postcards/pictures you love.

  20. Life is too short for tight shoes and rude people and itchy pants and George Bush and neckties and automated phonebots and a house without a dog and junkmail and pens that don’t work and… (catching breath)… whew!… this feels good!

  21. Life is too short to not choose what you really want to do as your career — the first time around.

    Life is too short to not eat all the Oreos™ you want.

    Life is too short to always listen to what “they” say.

    –Brian

  22. Life is too short to let disabilities hold you back.
    Life is too short to do the dishes when you can order pizza.
    Life is too short to not help out a friend.

  23. Life is too short to stay in a job that doesn’t work for you.
    Or a relationship.
    Or a city.
    Or a lifestyle.

    Life is too short to get caught up in little stuff.

  24. Life is too short to NOT got barefoot.
    Life is too short to have never gotten atelast ten stamps in your passport.
    Life is too short to have never said I love you.
    Life is too short to have never been on a road trip.
    Life is too short to have never been to a rock concert.
    Life is too short to waste it wearing socks with sandals.

    Good post 🙂

  25. Oh, sure, go ahead and rub it in.

    Life is too short to miss chances to have dinner with friends, yes. But trips to Michigan for SCBWI conferences are even shorter.

    You could meet me at the Kalamazoo airport at 6am Sunday the 14th – my plane leaves at 7. I’d say we could meet for coffee, but I doubt the coffee shop will be open then!

  26. I disagree with the secone one. Some books really require more time than four chapters (for example, 9yrold me would have never finished The Golden Compass). I’m with you on #1.

    Life is too short…so much so that I can’t think of anything good to write here.

  27. Life is…

    Life is too short to iron your sheets…who does this?
    Life is too short not to take a moment to say Hi to the people you pass by…
    Life is too short to not speak your truth.
    Life is too short when you love someone…miss you Daddy xoxox

  28. Life is too short to convince people you’re something you aren’t.
    Life is too short to read horrible books.
    Life is too short to not do what you want.
    Life is too short to worry about homework (ok I may be stretching it a bit here).

  29. Life is too short______

    Life is too short to wait for people.
    Life is too short to leave things for later.
    Life is too short to watch others live.
    Life is too short for a giant like me!!!

  30. Life is too short not to use your good dishes. So set the table tonight using the “good stuff”. What are you waiting for!

  31. Life is too short not to travel to other countries whenever the opportunity even seems remotely possible, regardless of finances.

    Life is too short to spend most of it counting calories.

    Life is too short to waste good thinking time on wondering how you come across in daily interaction, in meetings, etcetc. (Not that that stops me, of course.)

    Life is too short to eat “instant” meals, ironically enough.

  32. Live with intention.
    Walk to the edge.
    Listen hard.
    Practice wellness.
    Play with abandon.
    Laugh.
    Choose with no regret.
    Continue to learn.
    Appreciate your friends.
    Do what you love.
    Live as if this is all there is.
    Mary Anne Radmacher

  33. How about this…

    life is too short to text.
    life is too short to watch reality TV.

    well, that’s all I’ve got.

    What lead me to this livejournal is that I’m currently reading your book “Speak” and it is truly amazing. I’ve been wanting to read this book for a very long time and I finally am!! Actually, I wanted to read period. (I haven’t been reading much since I’ve started school in September, and I just haven’t wanted to do much of anything since I had this depression/’falling out’ thing last month). I love this book very much, and thank you, for I am reading again!!

    (P.S. these ‘life is too short’ things are very clever!! I’m going to try to come up with more, and when I do, I’ll let you know!!)

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