One of the 243 portraits · MMLLL
The Comfort Seeker
I don't need new. I need mine.
Comfort is not a compromise.
The known chair, the known people, the known Tuesday. You feel the day's weather closely, so you build a life that does not ask you to brace for much.
Cozy · Sentimental · Loyal
The five together
Comfortable in company and unhurried at home, you let plans slide, feel the day's ups and downs, and prefer a well-worn evening to anything described as an experience.
The Comfort Seeker's result is low on Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Openness and in the middle on Extraversion and Agreeableness. Each band is wide on purpose: a score near a boundary can fall either side on a retake, and the portrait describes the pattern, not a precise point.
About 5 in 1,000 people
0.54% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Comfort Seeker is a common combination.
Bands are relative to a general adult reference sample. Honesty-Humility is measured in your Snapshot and appears in your report; it is not part of the portrait.
What The Comfort Seeker might recognize
- You would rather repeat a good evening than risk an unfamiliar one.
- A canceled plan can wreck your whole week before you notice it happening.
A question worth keeping
If nothing had to change, what part of your life would you finally admit needs to?
Six lenses
The Comfort Seeker in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Comfort Seeker come with the membership.
Written for this exact combination, alongside 90 trait pages, a strengths constellation and a growth plan.
Read them in the membershipOne band away
Move a single dimension and the portrait changes. These are the ten neighbours of The Comfort Seeker.
- Extraversion lowThe Homebody
- Extraversion highThe Party Animal
- Agreeableness lowThe Wildcard
- Agreeableness highThe Protector
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Salt of the Earth
- Conscientiousness highThe Workhorse
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Local
- Emotional Stability highThe Weekender
- Openness mediumThe Dabbler
- Openness highThe Improviser
The traits behind The Comfort Seeker
A portrait is a pattern across five measured dimensions. Every trait is reported as a percentile against the reference sample; the three bands and the portrait name exist to make the result easier to talk about, and the percentile is always shown alongside. Each dimension has its own page explaining what it means, what the research says it predicts, and how it can change.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Extraversion?
How much you enjoy being around people, talking, and doing lively things, and how much energy that gives you.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Agreeableness?
How kind, trusting, and cooperative you tend to be with other people, and how much you put getting along ahead of getting your way.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Conscientiousness?
How organised, careful, and reliable you are about getting things done and keeping your promises.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Emotional Stability?
How calm and even you usually feel, and how quickly you bounce back when something upsets you.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Openness?
How much you enjoy new ideas, art, imagination, and experiences that are different from what you already know.
The Snapshot also measures Honesty-Humility, which appears in your report but is not part of the portrait code. How much you tell the truth, play fair, want only your fair share, and avoid showing off, even when you could get away with more.
Questions about The Comfort Seeker
- What is the Comfort Seeker personality?
- The Comfort Seeker is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I don't need new. I need mine. Comfortable in company and unhurried at home, you let plans slide, feel the day's ups and downs, and prefer a well-worn evening to anything described as an experience.
- How common is The Comfort Seeker?
- 0.54% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Comfort Seeker is a common combination among the 243 portraits in the reference sample, and the share will move as the norming sample grows.
- How do I find out if I am The Comfort Seeker?
- Take the free Wellington Snapshot: 60 questions, about 7 minutes. You answer all the questions first, then you sign in with an email so your answers are saved and your results can be shown. There is no card. Your free results name your portrait and show your five dimensions.
- Is The Comfort Seeker a personality type?
- Not in the sense of a box you are sorted into. Wellington measures continuous traits and reports each as a percentile against a reference sample. The Comfort Seeker names the combination of bands your scores fall in, and a score near a band boundary can land on either side on a retake. Wellington describes ordinary variation in personality; it is not a diagnosis and is not designed for hiring. Read more about types and traits
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Is this you, or someone you know?
The free Snapshot takes seven minutes and names your own portrait, with your five dimensions shown alongside it.