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Curated Collection #79
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
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You might find the collections by the editor of Technology Hits at the end of this post. They cover curated pieces from our previous collections. Our editors enjoy amplifying well-written, engaging, informative, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories.
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Please consider introducing yourself in a story similar to the ones in this collection. Readers love 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
10,000 Steps with German Shepherds Gave Amanda a New Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Universal Threats to Stress & Anxiety, with Practical Solutions Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Are Covert Narcissists Surprised When You Don’t Chase Them After a Discard? Melissa Kalt, MD
The 7 Best Artificial Intelligence Investing Software and Apps for 2022 (Ranked and Compared) Douis Med, PhD
Hand-Picked Articles #47 Technology Hits
I Spent 100 Days Living In The Metaverse Matt Lillywhite
Why Is Magnesium Not Just Another Mineral? Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Drinking 3 Liters of Water per Day: How I Cured Myself of Acute Stress Alex Philippe
5 Free and Easy Ways to Help Muscle Pain Andrey Pilipets
One Supplement You May Be Wasting Your Money on to Combat Cardiovascular Disease Ange Dim
A New Bullhorn On The Block Francesco Rizzuto
3 Reasons Why Daily Writing Has Nothing to Do With Writing Every Day Aliou Sidibé
ADHD’s Organized Chaos Amanda Marks
We Are All Giants America Zed⚡
How to Double Your Productivity in Three Easy Steps Anaya Nosso
4 Mistakes Beginners Make When Investing in Cryptocurrency Andreia Damian
The №1 Secret to Lifelong Productivity Atul Jha
Senate Has Passed Legislation to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent B.R. Shenoy
One Obvious Question You Should Often Answer to Avoid a Life of Regrets Bella Martin
The Process of Growth Isn’t a Beautiful Dance, It’s Full of Pain Beth Byfield
Gone Girl Gone Wrong Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba
How To Train Your Mind To See The Good In Any Situation Bogdan Mtn
Slow Down, Your Hustle Is Killing Your Creativity Brianna G
8 Fintech Buzzwords for Beginners: Fintech Jargons — Bright Bright Money
A War Worth Winning Bruce Noll
Biden Calling Putin a War Criminal Isn’t the Best Way to De-escalate the Conflict Bryan Dijkhuizen
Watching The News For 3 minutes is Enough to Make Anyone Depressed Calum James
Historians May be Able to Decipher Damaged Greek Texts Thanks to a New Artificial Intelligence (AI) Carla Paton
Are you “Sirius?” Prepare For Those Dogs Days of Summer Charlene Shelmire
Life lessons learned from being shy Cynthia C Farley
I removed Instagram from my phone and this happened… D.A. Rutherford
I Do This Regularly to Lift that Weight off my Chest Daniele Quero, PhD
9 Mindsets As a Nigerian Woman Didi Orajiaku
I Thought of Being a Driver Education Teacher But I’m Glad I Didn’t Pursue It Don Sabado
Why Do You Dread Writing Another Word? Eduard Sebastian
Elusive Information Elizabeth Emerald
War in Ukraine, Italy will rebuild the Mariupol Theater Francesco Carrubba
Dying Badly in the ICU FranMorelandJohns
A Poem About Simily Glenn Stok
10 Subtle Signs She’s Developing Feelings For You Growth Lodge
Amy Winehouse Died Gulsun Uluer
Is The World Full of Narcissists? Heal with Sumit
What’s So Bad About Saying “I Don’t Know?” Henry Suarez
A Journey into UnMotherhood Humaira Zakaria
Time flies when you’re writing Ingerul Pierdut
Allow Yourself to Write More Short-form Stories and See What Happens J.R. Heimbigner
Ghostwriting in Sicily James Marinero
Black People Are Homeless While U.S. Government Gives $13 Billion to Ukraine Jaron Mays
7 Concussions Growing Up: Here’s The Result Jeff Herring
Biden Could Ease the Gas Burden for Americans by Extending Telework Jeffrey Harvey
You Aren’t Losing Your Love Handles Because You Are Doing the Wrong Exercises Jessey Anthony
If He Doesn’t Believe in your Dreams More Than You Do: He’s not the One. Jessica Hubbert
Things Are Not Going Well for Russians on the Ground Jessica Lynn
Update on Ukraine Jodie Helm
Heads Should Roll Joe Merkle
Keep Your Eye on the Ball John Ross
I’m the Number One in the World in What I Do Joshua J. Lyon, BSQP
How to be Your Authentic Self: 13 Powerful Tips Karen Parquet
He Is The Biggest And Cutest Distraction In A Long Time KL Simmons
There’s A Car Cruising Through Space kristin schuhknecht
On Bravery of Ukrainian Soldiers Kristina Segarra
Do You Worry About Your Earnings? Kunaal b
Cool Stories 3/12 to 3/18 Lawson Wallace
Do You Understand And Utilize the Power of Your Breath? Libby Shively McAvoy
They Made Us Believe That We Were Ugly, Terrible People Lwazi Mosley
You Gotta Laugh at These Crypto Price Predictions for 2025 and Beyond Malky McEwan
Dear Medium Writers Please Don’t Overlook Your Oldest, And Dearest Colleague’s Birthday Maria Rattray
Dear Medium Highlighters, Mary Louisa Cappelli
I’m Tired Of Hearing Everyone Complain About What’s Going On In The World Matt Legg
Lesbian Fashion Is Taking Over Hollywood Meïssa D.
What are You Sacrificing for Lent? I Have a Good Idea From an Old Friend Melissa Marietta
By Proxy Michael Holford
THE RIVER OF TIME Michael Holford
Eating More Calories Than You Burn Increases Your Weight — It’s A Fact Mike Lewis
Pregnant Man Emoji, Yes on the New iOS 15.4 Version Napoleon
Living in a Closed World Øivind H. Solheim
Why I Decided To Leave The Rat Race Paul Myers MBA
Finally Grateful for the Bread and the Circus paulmartincurry
“Can’t Help Myself”: A Robot that Sweeps Blood-like Fluid… Pranol Mathew
Gain Total Freedom From Any Offence by Making This Simple Choice Rick Bartrand
Incomplete Destruction Roxy Wright
How I Started Making $100 a Month Writing on Medium (And How You Can Start Too) Sam Starkman
If It’s Important, Schedule It Sanket Pai
The unexpected hero. Why we respect Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sapna M
The Motivation Inference and the Malarkey Conjecture Shawn Michael
The Fight for the Moral High Ground Sheldon Clay
Saving is a deadly trap. Get out. Shu Hasegawa
Is Medium a Money Making Platform? Shyamdeo Ranjan
Top 5 Economic Impacts of Self-Driving Cars Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Do You Love Gifs! You Will Love the Fantabulous Animated GIF Character Depicting Our Daily Life. Suntonu Bhadra
Coffee in One Hand. Confidence in the Other The Sinfeld Times
If The Sun Disappeared The Universe and Life
Deleuze and Nietzsche 1 Tomas Byrne
Killing Ulf Wolf
The End Of Days Un-Traditional Mother
Two Years, $9k+, and 200+ Articles. What I Learned As a Content Creator Victoria Kurichenko
Some of Us Can Live 150 Years Victoria Z.
Rich People Tales — First World Problems Viraj Randev
Basic Recipes to do an Effective Communication Wahyuni Sapri
Hand-Picked Collections by Technology Hits
Editor of Technology Hits publication shares collections of reading from ILLUMINATION’s curated lists daily in addition to Synergy and Illumination Book chapters. We appreciate efforts and contributions of our editors. They believe that amplifying outstanding stories is valuable for both writers and readers.
Here are the links to the last five hand-picked collections. You might subscribe to Technology Hits to be notified on these hand-picked collections posted regularly.
You can find the previous versions at this link.
You might check our new publication called “ILLUMINATION on YouTube”. Its purpose is to give voice to YouTubers on Medium and allow Medium writers to introduce their YouTube channel. Social media content writers and YouTubers are welcome to join this exciting publication. This pub is owned by Illumination YouTube Coordinator. Details are in this story.
Selected Stories from Previously Featured Stories
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Magnesium Is Not Just Another Mineral Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
How Reading Scientific Research Can Improve Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide. Ben Rutt, PhD
Seeing The Bourgeois Revaluation in Literature Ellen Clardy, PhD #economy
Reading the Bible in a Year Has Not Been Conducive to Spiritual Growth Cathy Chapman, PhD
Bolstered Dr. Fatima Imam
Does Optimism Stink as Bad as Pessimism? Amy Sea
Three Tips to Prevent & Treat Obesity Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Squeeze the Juice Out of the Present Stop Daydreaming About the Future Ayodeji Awosika #self-improvement
The True Story Of The Confederacy Moving To Brazil Matt Lillywhite
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
A Coat of Time Arthur G. Hernandez
Real Estate Agents Can Be the Worst Humans in the World Tim Denning
Why You Should Enjoy Social Media But Not Get Addicted To it Dr. Preeti Singh
Three Tips to Emotional Regulation Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Lanu Pitan
How I Earned $360 and 6,800 Views From A Single Story Viktor Marchev
Read This When You Want To Make Money Via Investing Richelle Délia, PhD
How I Healed Abdominal Bloating and Distension Dr Mehmet Yildiz
On Trauma & Addiction: Lessons from a Defensive Iceberg and His Oversized Hat Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
Shocking Stats About Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
WHY are you asking me this? Dr Andrea Polzer
Meet Julius Evans by ILLUMINATION
Times Change From Good Old Stiff Neck Ties To modern Gorpcore Dr. Preeti Singh
Meet Sufyan Maan by ILLUMINATION
Trending Stories
Five Tips to Melt Visceral Fat and Have a Defined Belly Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Reasons Why My (European) Husband and I Will Eventually Leave America Anastasia Frugaard
Six Lifestyle Habits to Skyrocket Fat Loss Dr Mehmet Yildiz #health
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Five Tips to Slow Down, Lose Fat, and Enjoy Life Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show David Gerken #life-lessons
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