Life is just what happens to you,
while you're busy making other plans.


'Beautiful Boy' [song] (1980).

Although Lennon used the saying in his song, the expression first appeared in an issue of Reader’s Digest magazine dated January 1957: "Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. - Allen Saunders"

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Life is just what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans.

Life is just what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans.

Life is just what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans.

Life is just what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans.