25 Signs You Might Actually Be A Neophobe

    Scared of change? This could be you.

    1. Going into a shop and finding they’ve moved all the products around really annoys you.

    2. And so does finding they’ve decided to completely stop making your favourite product.

    3. Every time someone around you gets a new edition of some technology, you'll wonder why it needs to exist at all, and what was wrong with the last one.

    4. App updates seriously worry you.

    5. It's very unclear why bands decide to ever change up their music, because obviously their earlier stuff was better.

    6. And frankly, characters leaving your favourite TV show is an unforgivable crime.

    7. Especially since you only ever want to watch the same TV shows and movies repeatedly, since you know like them already.

    8. Big purchases unnerve you just a little bit, partly because of the financial outlay when you don’t know what the future might hold...

    9. But mainly, because you’re replacing something, and that means more change.

    10. However shiny the new replacement is, you know it just won’t be the same as your old, reliable one.

    11. You’re not averse to trying new foods, but if there’s an old favourite on the menu, you’ll always go for that.

    12. And if there isn’t, the one that seems like it might contain something familiar is what you’ll go for.

    13. But it doesn’t really matter, since you have a favourite restaurant you always want to go to anyway.

    14. The same goes for bars – why try a new place when you know one that’s basically fine anyway?

    15. After all, a new place would have different bar staff, and that would be weird.

    16. And what if they didn't have the one drink you slightly prefer to others? Just impossible to deal with.

    17. You have a fairly small set of outfits that you actually like.

    18. And buying new clothes is something you’re only willing to undertake on rare occasions.

    19. Because when you get them you’ll probably actually wear one item, and the rest will sit in your wardrobe, forever unused.

    20. There might be a different way to commute to work that’s ever so slightly quicker, but taking it would, terrifyingly, require you to investigate new things. So no.

    21. And woe betide the person who decides there needs to be an office reshuffle and moves you one desk over.

    22. Major life decisions can always, always be put off until tomorrow.

    23. So even if you think there’s something amazing around the corner, quitting your job isn’t going to be easy to do.

    24. And no matter how terrible your housemates are, you'll resolutely refuse to move. Ever.

    25. But even though change is scary and weird and shouldn't be allowed, you know it'll probably be better for you in the end.