Featured Stories
Curated Collection #107
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected interesting pieces out of hundreds of stories published on Illumination. These engaging and informative pieces in the collection cover various topics for your enjoyment.
Our aim is to give you a quick taste of content published in our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium. It is a pleasure for us to publish our 100+ collections this year.
As 15,500+ writers contribute to our publications, we are grateful to publish and promote engaging, informative, and interesting stories each day.
Many thanks to our volunteer editors who published these great stories today and recommended for featuring.
We hope these great pieces satisfy your reading needs. Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #76. It is the curated version of collection #60 by Illumination editors.
In addition Technology Hits created tow collections including chosen stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated. We are pleased that these outstanding stories are featured in our collections.
You might find the previous collections by Technology Hits at this link. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories.
Our editors enjoy amplifying informative, engaging, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools.
ILLUMINATION-Curator posted two outstanding collections from our publication Illumination-Curated for experienced writers. We are grateful for the support of our volunteer editors investing their precious time to make our writers and readers happy.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 86
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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Outstanding Stories — Volume 87
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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Welcoming new writers!
Let’s welcome new writers joining us today.
Ankit Goyal, Cliff Hightower, Pathless Pilgrim, Sonia Anthony, Kum Wai, Adil Maqbool, Shauna-Marie Henry, Vlad Gogish, Amit Tiwari, Jonathan Isbill MS, RD, LD, Bhanusinghal, Naheed Ali, MD, PhD, Juanita, Wayne Boatwright.
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It will be great to introduce yourself in a story like the ones in this collection. Readers enjoy reading writer bios to learn more about their background. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days.
The Last Three Collections by ILLUMINATION
Here are the last three collections full of interesting, engaging, and informative stories covering numerous topics.
We believe you might find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
A Single Resource at Home Helped Norma Lose 20 Pounds in a Year Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How Adrian Shredded His Body Landing a Dream Job at a Well-Paying Fitness Company in a Month Dr Mehmet Yildiz
4 Things I Didn’t Do To Become a Top Medium Writer Sinem Günel
Accounting Was Sooo Bourgeois Ellen Clardy, PhD
Improve Your Attitude by Taking 5 Minutes to Recognize the Good Stuff in Your Life Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
Remembering to Say Thank You Chris Schwilk, Ph.D.
What Pornography was Like During the “Bridgerton” Era Brian Loo Soon Hua
Why You Need Your Happy Place A Nkeonye Judith Izuka-Aguocha
April Rains A.H. Mehr
Unhealthy Outlets For Emotions Aarti Tailor
Unhealthy Outlets For Emotions
Often what we think is the antidote is actually the poison
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The Forest App: Get Focused While Growing Trees Alex Philippe
Dissolving Procrastination With a Simple Mindset Shift Alex Philippe
What Comes First — Your Mortgage (the Chicken) or Investing (the Egg)? Allan Johnson
Nature’s Survival Intentional: Introducing Hoodies for Females Annelise Lords
Anthony’s Exchange Life in Spain — Introduction Anthony Wong
This Might Be the Dumbest Place to Grow a City Arthur Keith
We Choose How to Be and Who to Be With Bogdan Mtn
Shooting Victim Lit Up a Room Brooke Ramey Nelson
Remove Daily Negativity & Low Energy From Your Life To Feel Better Bryan Dijkhuizen
Melting the Wand Amy Christie
9 Examples of Short-term Thinking for Entrepreneurs C. L. Beard
Squeezing Pennies Out Of Poems Is Like Drawing Blood From A Stone Carlo Zeno
Thankfulness From a Successful Ex-nobody Carlos Jeronimo
A NATO and EU-Member Country Has Become A Putin-Worshipper — And It Is Not Hungary! Chrissie Powers
You just got rejected, what now? Cliff Hightower
Sorry, We Can’t Be Friends Craig Hellier
Memories and Personality Traits — Thoughts and Reflections about Pixar’s Inside Out Daniele Quero, PhD
A Life Well Lived Dave Smith
Why is the Mind so powerful? Divyata Dewan
You Don’t Need a Four-Year Degree to Be Successful Don Sabado
You Don’t Need to be Happy All the Time Eduard Sebastian
The #1 Rule if You Are Ever Going to Try to Help Someone Edward John
Open House, Closed Doors Elizabeth Emerald
Silence in Hiatus Elizabeth Emerald
How I Earned 12,000$ From Elon Musk Eric Kulbiej
What Kind Of Person Needs 55 Homes? Floyd Mori
The 13-Letter Alphabet … It’s real! Fred: Almost Famous
Snow and Beer From the Mountain ~ Stories & Photos of JD Adams
Life Is A Beautiful Mess Gabriele Martoni
The Simplest History Explanation of Podcasts Gaby Spadaro
Eleven Questions Every Entrepreneur Needs To Ask About Their Product Gereon Wellmann ⚡
How do you begin your writing for the day? Geri Spieler
3 Things You Do That Destroy The Mother Earth And Cause Suffering In The World Gosia
The Trumpet That Never Calls Retreat Harry Hogg
You Have the Power to Say No: Now Discover Why No One Wants You to Use It Henry Corrigan
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Recess — Short Story | Horror | Dark | Intense — Includes Audio Dramatization Ira Robinson
7 Primary Leadership Styles For Different Situations Israrkhan
The Future Will Be Many Metaverses… Or Not — Newsletter April 15, 2022 J.Cienfuegos
Why Did You Start Writing? J.R. Heimbigner
Money Comes, Money Goes, but it’s the emphasis we put on it that makes all the difference Jackie Madden Haugh
When Your Children Experience Pain Janet Meisel
When True Strength Starts Somewhere Past Your Biceps, Triceps, Chest, And Shoulders, Are You Ready… Jason Morton
It’s Time to Release Our Own Kraken! Jeff Gates
Money Isn’t Evil — Stop Believing The Lie You’ve Been Fed Jelena Kollmann
What’s this Article Have to do about Business? Jerry Pompilio
3 Steps to Quit Being a Functioning Alcoholic Jessey Anthony
A Judge Without a Law Degree Can Decide Someone’s Fate. Jessica Hubbert
4.4K Views But Made Only $3.33 — What Happened? Jim Clyde Monge
A Simple Way to Improve Yourself John Cunningham
The Legend of the Canair Bells John K Adams
I’m a Clutterbug Josie P. Julius
How To Take Your Writing To The Next Level Josie Timberlake
New Wordle-Esque Game for Those That Love Trivia Katie Churchward
The 1 Thing You Fear The Most Keir Wotherspoon
Help! I Lost All of My Followers!! Kimberlee
Teachers, it’s Time to Snap Back at Society! Kimberlee
Elon Musk, You Can (And Should) Do Better — At Least For The Children KL Simmons
How to Deal with Toxic People at Work and Beyond Krista Mollion
How to Deal with Toxic People at Work and Beyond
Follow these steps to come out stronger.
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Odd Source of External Views I Found Kristina Oberlander
Truly Yours Kyomi O'Connor
After 20 Years, My Childfree Dam is Starting to Crack Len Morse
Those Four Simple Facts That Are Guaranteed To Make You Happy Livia Dabs RN,MSc
What does compromise in a relationship mean? Liviu Roman
Neurotypicals Suck at Reading SITUATIONS Lorrae
How to Find Out if Your Body is Dehydrated? Louryi B.
5 Ways I’m Planning on Coping With A 2 Hour Commute Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Love the Faded Colors Lucy Socha
A Message To The Feminist: Fashion Magazines Are The New Men Lwazi
How Shock Therapy Cured Me of My Depression Maggie Kelly
You Can All Breathe a Sigh of Relief: The Biggest Idiot to Ever Live Has Been Located and… Markus Scorelius
How to Live From the Heart and Not From the Brain Mary Beth Hazeldine
Towards a New Land: Sailing the South Seas to New Beginnings Maryanne Marsters
We Should Stop Listening to Music Meï Dy
Startling Truth — Does a Narcissist Know They Are a Narcissist? Melissa Kalt, MD
What Goes In My Drafts Folder Stays In My Drafts Folder — Forever Mike Lewis
Why JP Morgan Paid $25,000 for 2 Sentences Mike Toney-Hoffman
Medication by Default not by Choice Moryt Milo
Cartesian fly N. A. Kazi
I never doubt Nasar Karim
The Harsh Truth Behind Earning $12,000 From Quora Partner Program Neil Shah
“How To” Find Truth in Your Life Nick Birthday
Dating and Pulling Out Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Innovative Strategy To Kickstart Your Business In 2022 Nora
4 Powerful Steps To Plan Out Your Buyer’s Journey Nora
Selected Stories on How to Improve Life Øivind H. Solheim
Men: Do You Provide Value? Goods and Sundries Olivia Love
Check Out These 3 Nonfiction Websites Looking For Freelance Writers Pamela Kazmierczak
Learning To Be Thankful Is Easy-Tech Ed. Vol 1 Pascal writes
How To Attract Thousands Of Readers Patricia Ross
Russia’s ‘Dangerfield Syndrome’ Paul Cohen
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Me Penny Grubb
The 3 Pillars Of Happiness According To The Oldest Study On Happiness Prince Verma
Why Do Older Men Love Dating Younger Women? Qasim Adam
Developing Self-Discipline: How to Stay on Track and Achieve Your Goals Randy Salars
The Break Rayna Pummel
I Am Back And Better Than Ever Rex Shadeseagle
How to Adopt Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection to Gain Competitive Advantage Sam Schreim
The Canary That Imitates The Cat Sav Map
10 Side hustles paying up to $100/hour Shu Hasegawa
Lack Of Budgeting Means You’re Destroying Your Business — I bet! Sibca Awan
Are you addicted to your biweekly dopamine hits of “Compensation”? Srikanth
Blood Money Pt. 1: Stony Brooks
Have You Eaten The Frog Yet? Tamil
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #05 Technology Hits
Hand-Picked Articles #75 Technology Hits
Thought I’d Die Before I Started Living The Blind Study
Here’s What I’d Do if I Went Back 5 Years in Time The Gnobble Guy
Who Are You? Thesilkroads
War Is Peace Ulf Wolf
The Mystery of Déjà Vu Explained Utkarsh Trivedi
Compassion Through Journey of Self-Discovery Vahagn Chobanyan
If This Idea Happens, Both the Medium Platform and the Authors Could Make Tons of Money Valerio
Texas Woman’s Arrest for Using Abortion Pills an Ominous Sign Vanessa Gallman
The Second Last Time I Played Outdoors Was An Eternity Ago. Is This the New Childhood? VRITANT
8 Things You Need To Do To Find Your Purpose In Life Wellness Xplora
Internet Dating Slang Singles Need to Know According to Google Wendy Scott
Lessons from Believing The Easter Bunny Is Real You, Me and Happiness
The Secret of an Orphan Who Built Rewarding Businesses Living as a Centenarian Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Fairy Tale Disney Won’t Be Selling Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Hand-Picked Articles #71 Technology Hits
Sarah Reduced Depressive Thoughts and Feelings Leading to Joyful Ones. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these engaging and informative stories.
Let’s Meet Editors Who Publish These Stories
We are grateful for the efforts of our editors who reviewed and published these stories on their own time. Our editors are volunteers who help writers succeed on Medium. They don’t earn money from publishing. They are also contributing writers. You can check their profiles from the following links and connect with them.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Owner and Chief Editor
We will add more editor profiles soon. You may also bookmark this collection managed by by ILLUMINATION-Curator so that you don’t miss when we add new profiles. Collection of Editor Bios: Meet Editors of Illumination Integrated Publications. Thank you for reading profiles of our editors.
Helpful References for New Writers
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
Short-Form Stories Not For Income But For Visibility. Think Of Them As A Tripwire
ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication
Illumination YouTube Coordinator crated a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can showcase their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.
You may check video collection of Illumination YouTube Coordinator in the attached story.
Reference Documents
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
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Here are the reasons Why Writers Need Personal Publications!
Highlights from Euphoria Publication on Medium by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz who encourage writers to create their own publications. He posted a new newsletter to his subscribers today.
Social Media Update
Dr Mehmet Yildiz encouraged editors to join Twitter. His Twitter handle is https://twitter.com/digitalmehmet. He tweets stories he reads. As mentioned in this post, Technology Hits volunteered to create a post including Twitter handles of all editors. Our editors tweet stories when they publish. You might check this initial feedback from the Illumination YouTube Coordinator in a recent story after joining Twitter.
Thanks to Illumination YouTube Coordinator for creating this great video.
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