Featured Stories
Curated Collection #23
Selected stories for avid readers

Dear Readers,
We compiled a small number of pieces from ILLUMINATION out of hundreds of stories published today. Our aim is to give you a quick taste of creative stories and poems.
These stories cover interesting topics. We compiled all featured stories in a single post so that you can find them from this link: Meta Collection of Featured Stories: Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATION: Volume 3–2022.
We believe you find some valuable and enjoyable pieces from this and previous collections.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION
They Lost Friendship Because of iOS and Android Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Reduce Side-Effects of Fasting with Seven Proven Tips Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Karen Madej on YouTube ILLUMINATION
The Toxic Absurdity of ‘I Don’t Know What’s In It’ David Todd McCarty
The Myth of Celebrity Ascendency David Todd McCarty
Dear Medium, Please Stop Breaking What Works Well on the Platform Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Australia Is the Best Place in the World to Live (If You like the Good Life) Tim Denning
Bravery, What Does It Really Mean? Maria Rattray
Our System based on Exciting the Primal Fears in Our Brains has Failed Us Markus Scorelius
How to Rescue Your New Year’s Resolutions Marta Calderon, MScE
Would you like to increase the chance of writing viral articles and blogs in 2022? Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Is Addiction Your Legacy From The Anguish Of Your Childhood Sexual Abuse? Ada LLoyd
A Moonlit Night Ananya Misra
Do you Know Who has Control Over Your Digital Memories When You Die? Ange Dim
Hands Down The Creepiest Family Cult Ever Aravind Balakrishnan
What Is Kindle Vella? Art Nunymiss
Why People Love Encanto ASHLEY CARINO 🌻
Horse Spirit Brooklyn Muse
Medium Wants Your Stories. You Can Keep Your Soul Carmellita
Our lives are full of terrible opposites Chad Gates
5 skills that can easily make you money on the side Chidera Oluebeube
Apple Airtags — Are They a Genius Device or Stalkers Dream? Christie Adams - Writer
How to Achieve Success When Everything Is Unfavorable? Christina Sponias
Gardening — 3 Ways to Grow a Good Life Crystal Mathews
What Gandhi Was Doing to Be Successful and You Are Not: This Is Your Path to Freedom Damian Clark
Whether We Like It Or Not, AI Is Real Danielle Monique
5 Foods To Eat For Nourished, Healthy Hair Danielle Ramaekers
My 5 Top Performing Medium Stories in the Past 6 Months David Ferrers
Don’t Average Down — I Beg You David Fraser
Could This be Why Hippie Drinkers Live Longer Than Expected? Dean Gee
Light Your Own D@mn Fire! Destiny S. Harris
Confessions of the Mad — January 19, 2022 DMTakeshi
Do You Want To Live A Happier Life, Try Limiting Your News Intake Dominic DiFrancesco
Better A Block Than A Bagel Doug Timberlake
My Second Mountain Dr. Alessandro Crimi
Imagine This: You Wake Up One Day and Everyone Else Has Disappeared Edward John
I want to delete my Simily account, but there is no option to do that Eleanor A
When the Dust in Your Bedroom is Older than Most Millenials Elle Blooms
Positive Attitude-Why it Matters? Fahim chughtai
The Best Buy Scam That Looked Legitimate Floyd Mori
Daily Physical & Emotional/Spiritual Protection Frank Ontario
Elizabeth II’s Birthdays … How Many? … She’s Had More than You’d Think Fred: Almost Famous
Your Hidden Superpowers — An Appreciation Post For The Human Body Geeta Anjali
20 Valuable Advises for Young People from People over 60. geozee
Death came to mock me Gianni Bawn
Thought Leadership in Action Glenn DiCostanzo
How I Earned x35 More in Medium Gokhan Yalcuk
9 Hard Core Life Lessons From Denzel Washington Growth Lodge
Life as a Tutor H.D. Ingles
10 Tips For Marketing Your Startup In A ‘Tough Economy’ Hammad Hassan
Surprising Things Most Intelligent People Do Daily Hidayatullah
How to Make a Long-Distance Relationship Work Iris B. Stehn
In My Eyes J.G.
Under Your Poisonous Spell of Passion Jade Willow
When a Man is Being Bad, He’s too Big to Spank: An Asshole Straightening Tactic that Saved My… Jaja Requa
Caution: There Is Danger In Believing Your Mind Janice Eastman
How to Capture Ephemera Janice Macdonald
Midlife — A Personal Renaissance Jennifer Thompson
I Don’t Feel Like Writing Right Now Jess Rohloff
What I Learned From My First Viral Article and 3 Months on Medium Jonathan Tasman
Lessons for a Happy Life Form An Old Soul in a Young Boy’s Body Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
How to Write Better Stories and Build Your Writing Reputation? Joseph Levente
So You Think You Are a Writer? Judy Walker
Are You Tired of Seeing the “How To Make Money on Medium” Articles? Justin Stinnett
How My Sister Got Her Facebook Account Stolen. Don’t Fall For This! Karen Remick
The NFL Fired One of Their Only Black Head Coaches — And I’m Not Surprised Khadejah
This Is By Far The Hardest Thing To Adjust To Since Immigrating to Germany KL Simmons
Some Celebrity In Space — And It Matters to The Whole World? kristin_missk
7 Reasons Why YouTube Is The Future For Content Creators Kristina God
I wasn’t Married to my mom, but people thought I was, and it made me uncomfortable Lawson Wallace
5 Powerful Real-life Examples of Karma Lily Hale
The Conundrum of Eye Contact Passing Strangers on the Street Lorrae G.
Homo-Haziness Mahgol J
Your Life Improves in Proportion to How Much Responsibility You Take. Michael Lim
Our Shame is Stopping Us to Reach Our Goals. | Midori by the Sea | Self Improvement Midori by the Sea
It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know Mike Lewis
I am Busy Minakshi Kumari
6 Reasons To Start Investing MoneyCanWorkForYou
In England How Did I Start To Publish My Academic Article As An Bachelor? Mustafa Pekcandanoğlu
How I Make Working Out A Priority Nathan White
Enjoy the Journey, or Sit in the Mud — a story NEBOH
“I Want to Lose Weight” Nia RoMi
Make Up To $4,000.00 Writing For These Websites Pamela Kazmierczak
Ten Ways to Boost Your Resilience and Bounce Back from Adversity Patricia Wright
How Does USDA Recognize That People And Nature Are Interdependent? Patrick OConnell
Farmworkers: essential USDA stakeholders
It’s Been Proven, Size Doesn’t Matter! Patti Murray Voncannon
Hey, Medium: Want to Save the Platform? Axe the Referral Link and Start Paying External Views Peter Shanosky
Repeat After Me: Effortlessness Is Achieved With Great Effort Pisoglou
This Is My 100th Article On Medium. Wow! Prince Verma
How to Cheat-Proof Your Relationship Qasim Adam
2 Reasons Filmmakers Should Stop Making Chetan Bhagat Books Into Movies Rajat Santhosh
3 Simple Tasks to Turn Your Journaling Into Healing Rex Shadeseagle
7 Best Affiliate Programs for Earning Up To $10 Per Trial Register Richard Appiah
7 Reasons Why Productive Employees are Happy Workers Rodolfo Urbano, CPA
Sasha Sees Black ⚫️ Sade Tolani
To Be or Not To Be A Planet: The Pluto Dilemma Sarah Marie
Brands That Will Thrive in the Metaverse Savytech articles
I picked up a new book and my inner voice now screams at me. Shashank Iyer
35 Must-Read Quotes That Will Help You To Accomplish Your Goals Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Ray Dalio’s 5-Steps Process To Get What You Want in Life
Thoughts for You on COVID and Time SURYASH KUMAR
The New Medium Dashboard Susie Kearley
How Amy Schneider on Jeopardy Is a Trailblazer for the Transgender Community T Mann
The Beauty And Power Of Water Thesilkroads
Shaquille O’Neal Rarely Talks About His Future Plans — But When He Does We Better Listen Thijs Nijenhuis
How I Choose To Pack For My Travels TRAVEL STORIES BY GABE
9 Things Smart People Do to Make Their Life Better Valerio
My Re-Wired Heart Victoria Ponte
One Picture That Sums It All Up VRITANT
Negative effects of an Instagram app on mental health zen
Updates and Highlights from Euphoria Publication on Medium Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Trending Stories
School Should Teach Us These Eight Simple Things (Yet It Doesn’t) Tim Denning
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
Ever Wonder Why We All Think So Many Useless, Involuntary Thoughts? David Gerken
4 Items Under $100 That Improved My Life Matt Lillywhite
Idealism is Not Fantasy Jodie Helm
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