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Decisions, decisions… 

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From deciding what to have for dinner to whether or not we need a carrier bag for our shopping, we spend more time than we might like to admit agonising over seemingly trivial decisions.

We recently conducted research revealing that the decision that causes us the most stress is what to get somebody as a present. 46% of those polled admit they find the process stressful.

In second place and attracting just under a quarter of the vote (24%), is deciding what to wear to a social appointment, followed by what to wear for work (11.2%).

Age also has an impact and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s the younger generation that stress most about their appearance.

Just under a third (31%) of UK residents aged 18-24 stress about what to wear for social outings, compared to 27% of those aged between 35 and 44.

And it seems that as you get older you worry more about the decisions that affect others.

More than half (58%) of those aged 65 or over find picking a present for others stressful, compared to just three in ten (31%) of those aged between 25 and 34 years-old.

The data also revealed that the nation’s capital is home to the nation’s biggest worriers. 16% of Londoners find deciding which restaurant to eat at stressful, while 12% agonise over which takeaway to go for.

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