Life’s too short to........

I'm with not finishing a book if l don't enjoy it. I iron as little as possible, though I'm yet to meet the non-iron shirt that is truly non-iron. As l work odd hours some weekday evening meals come courtesy of Messrs Marks and Spencer as do my Sunday roast potatoes. I go to church and am often involved with the music.

INISHOWEN Mine remembered the books but couldn't remember being read to!

I agree about finishing a book you aren't enjoying, but still do housework I don't want to do.

Life's too short to peg out knickers...bung 'em in the drier.
Ditto dusting...wait 'til it's thick enough to roll up like a carpet, tuck it under your oxter and throw it out the door!

Agree about wading grouch books I don’t like gave up on my book clubs choice a couple of months ago( usually like most choices) but beg to differ about Wolf Hall I loved it and it’s sequel Being up the Bodies.

Life is to short to do any kind of sewing ( although I like to knit)

Clean windows ( have a lovely window cleaner)

Wash up ( thank God for a dishwasher)

Through not grouch spell check changed it AGAIN

Elcie

Whilst I agree with most of the time-wasting things suggested here, I feel that I must disagree with you.
There are some things that I would never do, one of which is to put dirty items into the recycling bin. Think of the poor souls at the recycling centres whose job it is to sort through our detritus. Unwashed and dirty cans, plastic containers etc cannot be recycled, if put in with recycling, they are thrown away and end up in landfill, thus defeating the object of the whole exercise.
Most people do not realise that not cleaning their recycling before disposing of it, can cause a whole container load to be contaminated.

“Life is too short to be reading quotes about life being too short. Stop reading and go live your life!” Kevin Ngo

So many here that I agree with. A dear friend once told me 'never worry over things you can't influence' and I live by that.

From today life is too short to answer the phone to someone who only rang to boast about her GS.
She has been doing this now for 25 years.As soon as I realised she was not interested in my trip away to stay with my D, I told her I had something really important to do, well make myself a coffee was very important to me, and I rang off
She is in my phone address book so I won't answer in future.
I have known her for 48 years. Such a weight off my mind, having made the decision.

Life's too short to do spring cleaning for the entire house in one fell swoop. A little 'as and when' is surely all that is required.

Ironing bedding.

Luckygirl. You are my long-lost twin! When can we meet?

Camelot I have found a way around the 'rubbing in butter and getting it under your nails' problem: put the dry ingredients in bowl, melt butter in another bowl/jug in the microwave, stir into dried mix, sorted!

Any form of domestic chore.
Worrying about things I can't change
Putting off things which need doing sooner
Listening to self-absorbed whingers.

Great suggestion re dusting oldgaijin!

Oldgaijin, love your dusting idea....but do tell me what an 'oxter' is ?

Underarm crazyH

To continue and finish a knitting project which isn’t going well!
To try any more to have any kind of a relationship with a daughter in law who just doesn’t want to know ( tried for 13 years, now given up! I’m just polite and friendly so as not to upset any apple carts!)

Oxter - underarm. Little boys often make music with the palm of their hand!!!

To be negative.
To spend time with people who don’t make you happy.
To not dance with a stranger.
To have a spotless house.
To have regrets.

Worrying my DH favourite saying, worry is the interest you pay on something you may never own! Very true

Do the dusting once a week. Who cares?

Agree with Washerwoman about Wolf Hall to some extent. Was really confused for a while not knowing who it was that was speaking at any point. In Wolf Hall, when Cromwell speaks he is rarely identified by name, just "he." But stuck with it once I had realised what was going on.
Maybe it's because I always feel a bit guilty if I give up on a book - a bit of "it can't be him (or her), it must be me".

Oh dear - deleted! Too late

It was because it was in the present tense

Peal a grape.

Carry on working full time if you can afford to work part-time. Too many friends have died far too early so I want to live my life and explore more.

...not have an electric bike. I love mine, especially up those hills I would have had to get off and walk up.

To have ay sort of routine. Take each day as it comes and do what you want and enjoy.