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Curated Collection #95
Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected and compiled engaging pieces covering various topics in this collection to give a quick taste of our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium.
As 15,000 writers contribute to our publications, we are pleased to publish and promote engaging, informative, and interesting stories each day. Although creating these collections is a time consuming, we enjoy supporting our writers and readers.
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We hope these great pieces satisfy your reading needs. Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #63. It is the curated version of our collection #47 by Illumination editors.
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.
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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
My Australian Son and Wife Gave Me Anguish in Singapore Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How to Stay Motivated and Accomplish Tasks With Joy in Three Easy Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Two Days Left for The Moment of Freedom Challenge on Vocal ILLUMINATION
2022 Chiang Mai Guide for Digital Nomads dr.pisoglou
Inertia Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
The Greens A.H. Mehr
4 Traits Of People Comfortable In Their Own Skin Aarti Tailor
Why Did Medium Remove The Ability to Write Stories From It’s App? Alayne Unterberger
Will Elon Musk’s next title be the savior of social media? Alishah Savage
Brown Eyes Amanda Marks
My Medium Journey — March Earnings Amanda Quint
How Good Gut Bacteria Can Supercharge a Women’s Fat-Burning Potential Ange Dim
My Favorite Middle School Prank For April Fool’s Day Anime Teacher
He Found Out His Family Died on the Streets of Ukraine on Twitter Ashley Nicole
Nature’s Magic Aswathi Ashok
Forget The Article. Read The Comments! Attila Vágó
Inner Critic or Inner Coach Barry Chaffee
How Writing For Medium Can Land You Paying Gigs Brian Lamacraft
Olive Garden Can Take My Money Brian Wright
If the Shoe Fits… Brooke Ramey Nelson
You Shouldn’t Settle for Less With Career Opportunities Bryan Dijkhuizen
The Power of Compassion Cathy Coombs
7 Really Small Things That Tell You a Lot About Someone Chris Young
Deserted Publications Cristina Comunian
My Earnings For March After Writing 16 Articles In 31 Days Cynthia C Farley
Breaking the Workplace Madness Dave Smith
Do Algorithms Have Feelings? Don Martin
My March ’22 Top Reads E. Katherine Kottaras
The Problem with Most Productivity Advice, According to An Expert Edward John
See You Sometime? Or Not Elizabeth Emerald
Being A Digital Nomad Ella Heart
5 Strategies That Will Help You, Create, and Publish Engaging Content Consistently. Euri Giles
Giving Back Should Be Part Of Life Floyd Mori
A Ukrainian and an Italian sing Imagine before Juve-Inter Francesco Carrubba
Open Relationships and Romance Gabriel Sidwell
Serendipity Gerad Carrier
Three Health Hacks To Become Fit Like Leonardo Da Vinci Gereon Wellmann ⚡
I Got a Negative Book Review Removed From Amazon Geri Spieler
4 Things To Stop Doing Today To Live A More Joyful And Fulfilling Life Gosia
A Leadership Short — Acquiring Talent Greg Sweeney
America is still the old America Harry Hogg
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Two Days Left for The Moment of Freedom Challenge on Vocal ILLUMINATION
Liberty Imad
Are You Having Fun Yet? — Short Story | Horror Ira Robinson
Humor, Self-publishing, Legal, Success, Christianity, and More Jacquelyn Lynn
India’s Success Against the Third Wave and The Return to Normalcy Jairam R Prabhu
Effective Leaders Don’t Use These 7 Excuses! Jeannette Seibly
From Article to Course Jeff Herring
What You Need To Know If You Are Considering Remarriage. Jennifer Thompson
Learning To Code? Here’s Why Most Self-Taught Programmers Don’t Make It Jesse J Rogers
10 Things You Don’t Know About Me Jimmy Misner Jr.
How ‘Following’ vanished into meaninglessness Joachim Guth
Archangels Q & A #5 Jodie Helm
10 Easy Tips to Increase Your Personal Energy Management to Become More Productive Johnny T. Nguyen
What makes big data really be BIG Data? Josep Ferrer
How to Overcome The Need to Do Nothing Joy Nibbs
Everything Has Already Been Said, Why Bother? Kalyani Adusumilli
This is Why You Can’t Stop Jumping Into Toxic Friendships Khadejah
30.000$+ per month posting simple videos: TUTORIAL Kiraly Octavian
My Top 7 Enchanting Love Songs Of All-Time KL Simmons
5 Ways Turmeric Can Improve Your Health Lanu Pitan
Live For The Present, But Don’t Forget the Past Leonard Tillerman
10 Great Affirmations You Deserve To Hear From Yourself (#6 Is a Rare One) Letters from E.K.
Who Discovered America for the First Time? Liviu Roman
I Noticed That My Pieces Don’t Have Happy Endings. Love.
Work-From-Home, Makeup-Free Habits, and Mask-Wearing Made This Man Ultra-Wealthy Luay Rahil
Monochrome Life Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
I Don’t Want 100, I Want 500,000 Lwazi Mosley
I Have Post-Concussive Syndrome Mandy McElroy
What Makes Me Enjoy Podcasting? Margie Pearl
I Missed My Son’s Wedding Because of Covid AND I Learned to Reconcile My Emotions About It Mary Gallagher
These 3 Quotes By Thich Nhat Hanh Got My Head Out Of The Clouds And Into Reality Matt Legg
5 Easy Ways To Make Money Online In 2022 Matt Lillywhite
Everyone Wants To Be A Billionaire, But Nobody Wants To Admit It Matt Lillywhite
Why Does a Narcissist Discard You Then Try to Hoover You Back? Melissa Kalt, MD
Think your Way to a Happier Life Meredith Forder
“Uugh…just choose for me.” Do you ever get that feeling? Michael Chen
Is All Life Equal? Utilitarianism & Animal Rights Michael Puleo
Stop Ignoring People With Your Technology Michael Snellen
The Issue with Productivity Mike Jimenez
A Writer On Medium Made $19,000 From Just One Article Mike Lewis
An Author’s Recipe To Make Life’s Second Half Happier, Successful and Purposeful Mukundarajan V N
Forget that we were friends Nasar Karim
Weight Loss Best Strategies ❤ Nedelcu Alina
3 Important Reasons To Stop Teaching History In School For Good Neha Sonney, Author
What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What To Do Nizar Alrhaazi
My Favorite Stories on Medium 2016–2022 Øivind H. Solheim
Why Is It So Hard For Men to Do the Bare Minimum? Olivia Love
Too Much to Do and Too Little Time to Do It? Patricia Haddock
A Night To Remember-Part Four Patrick OConnell
On My Hobby Horse Again — Sorry, But Writers Have To Eat Penny Grubb
The Ultimate Guide on How To Get Your Boyfriend To Say “I Do” Qasim Adam
How to Choose The Right Email Marketing Software Richard Appiah
3 Ways to Solve any Problem and I Mean any Problem in Life! Sandra Di Francesco
Philosophy of “The Little Prince”: Greatest Lessons from a Children’s Book Santram Meena
When to Fire a Toxic Client: The 4 Warning Signs Sara Marium
The Red Tabby House Manager Sav Map
Mark Cuban Has Moved To Lower Drug Costs Sohail
Hand-Picked Articles #63 Technology Hits
Generalism and the Beauty of Being Purposeless Thea Uttley
5 Writing Lessons from Jerry Seinfeld Tom Belskie
Do You Experiment with Going Outside Your Comfort Zone? Vishal Mehta
Thank you for reading these engaging stories.
Let’s Meet Editors Who Publish These 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
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Short-Form Stories Not For Income But For Visibility. Think Of Them As A Tripwire
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium
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.
Selected Videos from Illumination YouTube Channel
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This video gives tips on writing viral stories on Medium.
This video is an introduction to the value of YouTube for Medium Writers.
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Meet Bill Abbate, senior editor of ILLUMINATION, on YouTube
A video introducing Carla Woody on YouTube
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A video Introducing Lawson Wallace, prolific writer and editor of Illumination.
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