I am with you! Life is too short. I know several ladies that have long arms and they are getting to be very close friends. I don't have the room or the patience to FMQ a full size quilt.
If I want to quilt something I Quilt-As-You-Go. Every pattern I look at I ask "Can I convert this to a QAYG?" With practice I am getting better at small projects, but I am not going to wrestle a full quilt through my sewing machine.