Yes. I don't believe anyone could live their life without changing.

Autumn Leaf in Nagasaki

When I was much younger, I believed that people were fixed. When we figured out what we were good at - our talents being pre-programmed into us from birth - then we'd just do those things, enjoy and be good at them. The idea we could develop in other new areas seemed foreign, surely life was about figuring out what you were naturally good at?

What I didn't realise is that human beings are incredibly adaptable, and just because you're not good at something straight away doesn't mean you can't learn. There's no rules about what you can do or learn in life.

As you get older, your mind (hopefully!) expands to encompass more ideas. I now believe that life is a learning cycle, if we stayed the same, doing the same things and were only good at particular things, life would be boring. I wish that I had more confidence when I was younger to try more things and not worry about being 'good' at things or trying to put myself into boxes. But learning this has been part of my development so that's probably a good thing!

I think anyone can change their life - you hear stories of people doing it all the time - if they learn to do other things or think about life differently. Its what you choose to do that makes the difference.

When it comes to personality traits, whilst it may be more difficult to change aspects of ourselves because we are used to doing them as a habit, it is hard, but not impossible. It all comes down to how much we want it, how much effort we put in and having a healthy dose of patience.

Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive? What's your ideal amount of "lounge around" time each week?

Hammock

It really depends on what you do to relax. Some people love doing things to relax, that could be playing sport, going to the gym, visiting a gallery or museum, taking a walk, meeting friends at the pub. Sometimes its just doing something you don't often get a chance to do, something indulgent.

Lazy days might be where you just sit around in your pj's and drink tea and watch films or they could be just days where you have nothing formal planned and you just do whatever takes your fancy.

I think that 'downtime' is very important for anyone. You need a chance to have some space and time where daily activities and responsibilities aren't pressing on you, where you can allow your thoughts to wander instead of being focused on tasks and what you're doing next. Downtime can be used to be productive or doing the things you just don't get to do.

Productivity is in the eye of the beholder, so if you think that being lazy is somehow wrong or means that you aren't being productive then you need to give yourself a break. Even God had a rest day at the end of the week. Life is about balance, achieving that balance may not be easy, but its even harder if you are hassling yourself to 'do' all the time.

Enjoy being lazy, use your downtime productively by allowing it to be just that, downtime :)