Brits spend two and a half hours a day on autopilot - and blame these 30 tasks

The average Brit spends two and a half hours a day on autopilot. A poll of 2,000 adults found they spend much of their time doing things with little conscious thought or awareness - like commuting, making lunch, getting dressed, and making small talk.

Almost a quarter go through the motions when grocery shopping, while 22 per cent do so when cooking, and the same number go into this mode when doing housework.

This tendency to enter autopilot leads a third to regularly worry life is passing them by, with 68 per cent eager to switch things up and do more memorable things.

The research was commissioned by Maryland S’wich, which has teamed up with creative studio, 3D Joe and Max to create an optical illusion at

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