What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change
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49 min
Read time
2 min
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Productivity, Relationships
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What It Covers
Cellist Joshua Roman's identity crisis after developing long COVID, forcing him to abandon his thirty-year practice routine and rediscover his personal relationship with music.
Notable Moment
Roman describes falling on stairs halfway to his bedroom after COVID, unable to continue for thirty minutes, marking his realization that his body had fundamentally changed.
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