The Only Fear Worth Having in Life

Lost time is my recurring nightmare

Angela Yurchenko
Nov 7 · 4 min read
Photo by Meghan Schiereck on Unsplash

From around age 14, I’ve been no stranger to the stage. As a pianist, I performed solo concerts, as soloist with orchestra, and in partnership with other musicians. The high of coming out to a thousand-strong audience, dozens of pages of music committed to nothing but your mind, concentration clutched into a flaming fist as you get ready to…

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Angela Yurchenko

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Bilingual pianist & business journalist. Personal essays | Psychology | Arts & Culture| More of the things I do: https://linktr.ee/anielay

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