When does the Wanderer show up?
This pattern shows up when they have to make a difficult choice. This person does not decide their job, where they live, or their relationships for themselves, but goes along with circumstances as they come. When things get hard, they leave, and they say they have not yet found work that suits them. They often say only that there was nothing they could do, without explaining why.
Am I a Wanderer? How do I check?
This pattern is hard to tell apart on the outside from simply being a free spirit. Taking responsibility for the results of one's choices and leaving the choice itself to circumstances and luck are different things. It is all the more confusing because the flexibility to try new areas lightly is a clear gift. Start with the free 76-question test, and if you want to know more, take the full 288-question analysis.
How is the Wanderer different from the Nihilist?
Neither can settle on one direction. Their reasons differ. The Nihilist asks about meaning, concludes that nothing they choose has meaning, and stops thinking there. The Wanderer does not ask about meaning, leaving the burden of choosing to circumstances and luck and moving as circumstances dictate. So the Nihilist is left with their thoughts, while the Wanderer is left with a history of moving around.
Can the Wanderer be fixed?
This pattern is not a defect that needs fixing. The flexibility to try unfamiliar areas lightly is rare. What to look at is what they are moving around to avoid. Moving around in pursuit of pleasure and moving around because taking responsibility feels like a burden are different. If there is not a single thing they have kept going for long in one place, that is when they need to look at what they are avoiding.