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51 Things You Don't Have To Do

Ever feel like the world is pressuring you do to certain things or be a certain way? Well you don't have to!

You don't have to...

1. Get manicures.

2. Watch "30 Rock."

3. Get waxes.

4. Be a fan of Maggie Gyllenhaal.

5. Get an IUD.

6. Do yoga.

7. Separate whites and colors.

8. Hand-wash your bras.

9. Diet after New Year's.

10. Diet for bathing suit season.

11. Live abroad.

12. Take a couple months off after college to "backpack."

13. Get wasted just because it's Friday night.

14. Go to Vegas.

15. Have "Teams."

16. Hate L.A.

17. Keep living in a city when you have kids.

18. Like Taylor Swift.

19. Become a locavore.

20. Avoid fruit juice.

21. Make your own cutoffs.

22. Act like food is better because it came from a trailer.

23. Be nostalgic for a recent past decade.

24. Read all of the "New Yorker" every week.

25. Shun girlie drinks.

26. Sightsee on vacation.

27. Visit museums.

28. Enjoy the beach.

29. "Lay out."

30. Order sushi with brown rice.

31. Order egg whites for your omelette.

32. Ski.

33. Hate Uggs.

34. Bother cooking something when you're eating alone.

35. Pierce something other than your earlobes.

36. "Get" art.

37. Drive cross-country.

38. Like coffee.

39. Drink Pinot Grigio.

40. Order salad dressing on the side.

41. Buy expensive gym clothes.

42. Straighten your hair.

43. Have sex with more than one person at once.

44. Have sex in an unconventional location.

45. Act like bottled waters taste different.

46. Pay more for artisinal anything.

47. Only buy organic produce.

48. Pay a lot for a handbag.

49. Tell stories about how drunk you got that one time.

50. Get an iPhone.

51. Wear heels.