Top life changes Brits want to make – from home and career, to their partners

Millions of Brits are ready to switch up almost every aspect of their lives, including their homes, social lives, fitness levels – and even their partners. A study of 2,000 adults found 59 percent are in need of a change in their lives, with 61 percent going as far as to say they feel stuck in a rut.

Common aspects of life that people are keen to alter or improve in the near future are their hairstyle, mobile phone, and car.

And 12 percent admitted to wanting to find a different partner, while 30 percent are seeking a new job.

The research was commissioned by Virgin Media O2, to support its “Switch Up” offering, which allows customers to change their mobile when they like.

A spokesman said: “It’s really easy to carry on through life without taking the chance to actively seek change and mix things up.

“Whilst staying in your comfort zone isn’t always a bad thing, you could be missing out on a whole range of benefits by sticking with what you’ve always known.

“That can be said for the big things in life, but also for the smaller things, such as sticking with the same phone.

“No matter how big or small the change, switching to something new helps to keep things fresh.”

When asked about previous times they’ve made a change in their life, respondents said switching things up makes them feel refreshed, motivated, and confident.

Other areas of life adults want to tweak include their dress sense (19 percent), friends (15 percent), and who they bank with (11 percent).

But as much as adults may want to change up elements of their lifestyles, 36 percent rate themselves as somewhat indecisive.

And more than half (52 percent) believe making a big change in their life would cost too much, while 40 percent live in fear of it not working out.

Brits claim to most often get bored of their diet (27 percent), their home décor (22 percent), and the area they live in (20 percent).

It also emerged 12 percent of those polled, via OnePoll, think about switching up big things in their life multiple times a week.

Virgin Media O2’s spokesman added: “Whilst changing something big in your life takes a lot of thought and courage, changing something small doesn’t need to be tricky.

“With our Switch Up offering, our customers can get that extra excitement of a new phone whenever suits them.”