“When you’re performing at your best everything seems to go right – there’s a natural rhythm to your life"

I think this can be said of my life but not for any prolonged period, i.e. not long enough to necessarily feel there’s a natural rhythm to my life. I can think of cases where this has happened briefly. For example, in past exams I have often done well, and with scientific subjects such as what I took at A-level and my Physics degree, it is quite easy to tell how well you have done. For this reason I have gone through a period of multiple exams feeling like everything is going right, but at that time it is incredibly dangerous to assume that it will continue, as complacency in exams can easily lead to failure.

A case where this natural rhythm can be an aid rather than a hindrance is in sport, where confidence is a crucial aid to success. Adrenaline for short periods of time, motivation, and confidence are three of the main contributing factors to success in sport or similar activities, supposing the skill is there. As I mentioned in my ‘My New and Exciting Activity’ blog post, I had a big adrenaline boost at the end of my charity cycle, which I was really surprised about, considering how tired I was. My most memorable cases of adrenaline boosts were when I used to play rugby. This used to happen a lot, but the most extreme case I can remember is when I was running as 3^rd man in our 400m relay team during sports day. When I was passed the baton I ran much faster than I could ever have done without adrenaline. I felt on top of the world at that point.

For this to be felt in life over a sustained period of time, the likely cause is a successful career and family life. I am not in a position to comment on this, being only 19 years of age, but I can see how this would influence a person’s life. They could feel that there’s a natural rhythm to their life and that nothing could go wrong, however foolish the latter part of that statement may seem to an unbiased observer.

That is not to say that this feeling is unjustified, just that things, however potentially insignificant, will go wrong in the long run. So, back to considering the short-term case, I cannot think of a way that I get myself into that rhythm beyond being excited about something before it happens, but when I am in that rhythm I definitely enjoy it.