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Curated Collection #90
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
After reviewing and publishing hundreds of stories today, we selected great stories covering various topics in this collection to give you a quick taste of our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium. As 15,000+ writers contribute to our publications, we have engaging, informative, and interesting stories to feature for readers.
We hope these great pieces satisfy your reading needs. Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #58. It serves as the curated version of our collection #42.
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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
Five Tips to Burn Visceral Fat While Maintaining Lean Muscles Dr Mehmet Yildiz
If I Had Another Chance to Live in the Modern World, I’d Reinvest in Five Skills. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Immediately Identify a Narcissist’s False Story Told Via Flying Monkey Melissa Kalt, MD
I Spent $120k Trying To Start A Podcast Matt Lillywhite
19 Practical Self-Improvement Tips Douis Med, PhD
7 Tips For Time-Crunched Writers Geri Spieler
Practical Memorization: Part 3–10 Ways to Trick Your Brain into Memorizing Anything Alex Philippe
My Plea For Kindness Alex Rosado
We Make Money Off Of Your Mansplaining Comments Alexandria Roswick
5 Steps To Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Alice González
Seven Easy Habits You Should Practice For a Long & Happy Life Ange Dim
Eliminate Your Chance of Obesity & Diabetes In One Simple Way Ange Dim
I Want Will Smith to Be Held to Account Angie Smartt
What Matters to Readers? Annie Wegner
The Dark Side Of Gambling Antonis Iliakis
Will Smith Was Triggered Into a Rage at the Oscars Black River
A Letter to You Bogdan Mtn
Humor, Mental Health, Education — Dogs Make Life Better Brenda Mahler
7 Biggest Fitness Myths You Should Stop Doing Bloody blogger
Why Are We Talking About Nuclear War in 2022? Brian Lamacraft
You Don’t Need A Perfect Workspace To Be Productive Bryan Dijkhuizen
Will Smith Hits Chris Rock For Telling a Joke at the Oscars Calum James
Why Do Men Do That? Camille Parker
4 Inspiring Benefits of Blogging in Retirement for Elderbloggers. Carl Poland
The Evangelical Church is Running Scared Carol Chea
Body Language Analysis Shows Will Smith Has Us Fooled Casimiro Designer
5 Ways Video Games Teach You How To Get Ahead in Life Catharina K.
Taylor Hawkins Christine Macdonald
Is Herd Immunity Achievable? Damian Shchur
Is Living in Spain As Good as Everyone Says? This Is My Experience After 22 Years Here Daniel Mesa
The Top 10 Funniest Dance Quotes Dawn Davis Loring
There is no love without sex! DearLove
The Story of John Snow Dennis Niggl
Correlation or a Case for Causation? Dennis Niggl
Humor is an Endangered Emotion Don Martin
What I Have Discovered About Medium Writing Don Martin
She Earns $119,000 Per Month Douis Med, PhD
Chris Rock Got Bitch Slapped By Will Smith On Stage At The Oscars Elite Troy
Running from My Phantom Elizabeth Emerald
7 Ways to Take Note of Who Respects Your Boundaries. Elizabeth Loberg
4 Common Beginner Mistakes on Medium Ella Heart
Love’s Empty Room Elle Blooms
We All Need the Life Advice Denzel Washington Gave Will Smith at the Oscars EllenEastwood
Spouses Of Supreme Court Justices Are Seldom In The News Floyd Mori
Billions of Dollars Sent To Ukraine Gabby Gabs
Packing for Travel Gerad Carrier
Nine Harsh Stoic Truths To Better Your Life Immediately by Marcus Aurelius Gereon Wellmann
Two Tricks To Become More Creative Like Leonardo Da Vinci Gereon Wellmann
Something to Cry About Greg Beatty
Oh boy, please take a look at this writer. Harry Hogg
Does Telomere Length Contribute ToYour Aging? Hello100
FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO MODERNITY Ibrahim John
Dominate Your Writer’s Block — Simple Ways to Inspire Yourself Ira Robinson
When Creativity Flows: Another Source of Inspiration Iris B. Stehn
Do You Strive For a Life Others Will Envy or You Will Enjoy Isabella Martin
It’s All Hassle But You’ve Just Got To Do It James Gwynne
The Top 7 Content SuperPowers Jeff Herring
Let’s Have a Talk About Trauma. Jessica Hubbert
Entrepreneur Francis Bannerman: How He Built a Weapon Empire John Adam Ledford
New Writers Who Share Their Frailty John Cunningham
Tips On Keeping Things Tidy John Teehan
The Pros & Cons of Flying Standby Jordan Mendiola
How I Took Down My Stolen Article From the Internet Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Follow in Stephen King’s Footsteps and See Your Finished Writing as Dead Skin Cells Judy Walker
Write Something Profound Julius Evans
I Joined the 5 AM Club and Hated Life for a Bit Justin Boyette
The Slap Heard Round the World! Justin Stinnett
Why Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock Live On TV Kay Bee
It’s Sad That Some Black Women Lie About Their Self-Esteem Khadejah
Night Kimberly Thomas
How to go Viral on YouTube Kris Carroll
Survival Apparatus KSHernandez
Blue Zones: The Secrets of Longevity- What Makes Some People Live So Long? Lassepetter
Too Much for One Suitcase Laura Culberg- Welcoming Opposites
This is Your #1 Job as a Parent Leeann Pennington M.ed LPC
Confront and Conquer Shyness Part 6 Leonard Tillerman
How My Wife Saved My Life Leonard Tillerman
5 Secrets to Life by the Founder of Stoicism: Zeno of Citium Letters from E.K.
Peace Little Monster
What happened to the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes? Liviu Roman
What if My Autism Evaluation Comes Back Negative? Lorrae
Fidelity Owners Keep Getting Richer Regardless if Investors Make Money Or Not Luay Rahil
Ukrainian War Stories: #2 Lwazi Mosley
Death Arrived That Day. But Ross Ulbricht Had Other Plans Maria Rattray
Make Mistakes! Marsha Hamby Savage
Feminine and masculine — balance and imbalance Marta Kusiak
How to Overcome and Obliterate Woeful Feelings of Failure. Martin South
Your Mindset Is More Important Than the Diet You Choose Mary Beth Hazeldine
What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mary Beth Hazeldine
Full-Time RV Life: Safe Travels with Dogs Mary Gallagher
Life Can Break You — Or Break You Open Michele Thill
I Went On My First Tinder Date Mira Lucas
How Much You Need to Have Invested to Cover Your Expenses Passively MoneyCanWorkForYou
Will Smith Scores His Oscar Win While Chris Rock Face Got Smacked Napoleon
I Just Started Writing on Simily Nick
A Hard Dating Blow Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Avoiding Nonversations While Dating Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
The One Trait That Sets Senior Workers Apart From Juniors, No Matter The Field Nikki Siapno
Artificial Intelligence in Business: Pros & Cons Nora
The Impact of Conversational AI On B2B Sales Nora
Transmuting the Pain and Anger to Strength and Determination Olivia Love
Earn between $50.00 to 1,200.00 writing for these publications Pamela Kazmierczak
A Night To Remember-Part Three Patrick OConnell
Why You Should Let Bad Things Happen Prince Verma
Google Is Using Us to Train Their Self Driving Cars Richard Fang
Spin Out Robert Shaneyfelt
The mistake that ruins landscaping side hustles… Robin Romano
Shielding the Wind — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Four Medium Writers To Follow Immediately Roxy Wright
5 Steps to Wake Up Early Without Feeling Tired Rudi Xega 🇦🇱
Get 35% Richer by Simply Asking Yourself These Four Questions S M Mamunur Rahman
Meditation Can Be Painful Sam Murphy
How Do You Know If You Are Rich? Samer Sallam
Journal Entry Number 382 Sarah Jean
She’s Living On The Border Sav Map
5 Ways to Maintain Our Joy of Life Beyond 55 Shashi Sastry
6 sports effective to tackle obesity and the less effective two Shyam Sundar
My Picks For The Best Looking Cars Sohail
A Boys Hike And The Rites Of Spring Sreese
NaPoWriMo Is Almost Here! srstowers
How to Stake UST Stablecoin to Earn 20% Interest Steve C
Living Alaska — Blue Skies in the Morning Stevenharrison
Paying it Forward T. Mark Mangum
An Introvert’s Survival Guide in The “Loud” Virtual Working World Tessa Xie
Establishing Taxi Fleet with Ethereum The Sinfeld Times
How Social Capital Makes Us Better Humans Thor Blomfield
Deleuze and Math 1 Tomas Byrne
Will Smith Has Learned Nothing From the Man Who Made His Oscar Possible TY Liao
I Stopped Writing on Medium for 2 Months and My Stats Are at Their Last Point Valerio
Is Social Chameleon Adaptation or Double-faced? Wahyuni Sapri
Now That Writers Can No Longer Write Through Medium’s Mobile App Yewande Adeleke
Why Did I Change My Portfolio Website to a Personal Blog?Ainur Roviq
The Circle Of Life Zain
Has Technology Made Our Life Easier or Busier? Zain
Adam’s Depressive Thoughts Vanished after Undergoing Testosterone Replacement Therapy Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these engaging stories.
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Helpful References for New Writers
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
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Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
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