One of the 243 portraits · LMLHM
The Wanderer
I move at my own pace. Everyone else can wait.
You are hard to rush, harder to alarm.
You take what comes without much fuss, keep to a small company and a loose structure, and let the pace of your own life set the pace, not anyone else's. Mild curiosity comes and goes without urgency.
Unhurried · Self-Sufficient · Mellow
The five together
You move at your own pace, take what comes without much fuss, keep to a small company and a loose structure, and are hard to rush and harder to alarm.
The Wanderer's result is high on Emotional Stability, low on Extraversion and Conscientiousness and in the middle on Agreeableness and Openness. 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 2 in 1,000 people
0.21% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Wanderer is an uncommon 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 Wanderer might recognize
- You can hear surprising news and take a full minute before reacting to it at all.
- You would rather finish something at your own pace than rush it to meet someone else's deadline.
A question worth keeping
What would change in your life if you let your own pace be a plan rather than an excuse?
Six lenses
The Wanderer in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Wanderer 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 Wanderer.
- Extraversion mediumThe Mellow One
- Extraversion highThe Life of the Party
- Agreeableness lowThe Hermit
- Agreeableness highThe Gentle Soul
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Contemplative
- Conscientiousness highThe Provider
- Emotional Stability lowThe Daydreamer
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Wayfarer
- Openness lowThe Unbothered
- Openness highThe Stargazer
The traits behind The Wanderer
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.
- Quiet band, below the 30th 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.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Emotional Stability?
How calm and even you usually feel, and how quickly you bounce back when something upsets you.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th 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 Wanderer
- What is the Wanderer personality?
- The Wanderer is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I move at my own pace. Everyone else can wait. You move at your own pace, take what comes without much fuss, keep to a small company and a loose structure, and are hard to rush and harder to alarm.
- How common is The Wanderer?
- 0.21% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Wanderer is an uncommon 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 Wanderer?
- 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 Wanderer 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 Wanderer 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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The Wanderer: I move at my own pace. Everyone else can wait. Which portrait are you? Find yours with Wellington.
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.