Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #134
Chosen by the content curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium

Dear Readers and Writers,
Today, we selected engaging and informative pieces covering many topics for your enjoyment. These writers are creative, engaging, and experienced contributors to ILLUMINATION.
You might find valuable stories from this selected list. We enjoy amplifying the interesting stories of our writers.
Thank you for your time, inspiration, support, and meaningful engagement. Writers are grateful for your inspiring feedback and reactions to valuable stories shared in collection #133 posted before.
Here is the link for those who might have missed the previous collection.
We are delighted several writers joined our publications. We welcome them using these collections and introduce them to our readers.
You might find new writers and writer related stories at the end of this post. Let’s please welcome the new contributors who joined us recently. ILLUMINATION is proud to add new writers daily and support them.
Please explore and enjoy these great stories.

Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION Publications
Reduce Abdominal Fat and Increase Lean Muscles with Two Practical Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
12 Entangled Health Conditions I Owned & Fixed By Myself Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Health Is Precious Take Care Of It Through Natural Remedies Dr. Preeti Singh
An Ode To The Prophet Jonah Dr Joel Yong, PhD
Appeal Dr. Fatima Imam
The Misunderstandings of Work Dwayne Adderley, MBA www.dwayneadderley.com
I Just Got a Medium Writer Banned from the Platform Sam Westreich, PhD
Farewell Technoblade (Alex) — RIP Illumination Gaming
The 4th of July Mass Shooting — No, It’s Not About Mental Health, It’s About Gun Access Rob Hourmont
The First Aid Kit When Feeling Down Alexander Kant
I Don’t Have a Side Hustle — I Have a Public Hobby Andrew Crider
The Crypto Skeptic Takes a Hit Andrew Johnston
10 New Questions About Homeschooling Ann Leach
Starting Point: Poverty or Wealth? Annelise Lords
Inside Work Becomes Outside Work Arthur Hargate
Do you believe in Magic? Britni Pepper
Wisdom and Truth From the Past That Can Help Us in Our Lives Today Bill Abbate
Curiosity Almost Became the Dominatrix’s Cat Adam James
Illuminating A Potential Structure for an Effective Writing Week Aldric Chen
Imagination Bob Jasper
Value Propositions of Technology Hits ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Is Your Partner More Intelligent Than You? Brian Dickens Barrabee
Can’t Conquer Space, I’ll Surrender My Stuff Bridie Dillon
An Air of Appreciation Bruce Noll
Practical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Oncology & Genetics Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Condo of One’s Own 3 Chips On God
Dream Report: Mermaid Church, Animal Robots, Clown Balls Alex Beyman
The Stoic Virtue of Wisdom: How To Know What Matters Alexander Kant
Receiving Free Stuff Isn’t Always Fun: The Truth Behind Brushing Scams Alice Toneatto
I’m Not Happy All the Time Amy Sea
Finding Love In A Nameless Place Andrew Beso
A Drawing and a Thought anniewood
COBOL — The Misunderstood Language AP Carpen
Hand-Picked Articles #132 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
Katilvik Beau Garland
Join Me On a Trip Down My Summer Reading Rabbit Hole Belle du Journey
7 Ways to Write More, Faster Ben Human
Scammers Targeted My Mother Days After Our Stepfather’s Funeral Bev G 🧙♀️
The All-New PlayStation Plus Is Finally Here Illumination Gaming
We Love You, R Bob Dumont
Is Public Education Sacrificing the Children? Brenda Mahler
Why Even Homeless People Need a USP in Our Desensitized Society? Calum James
Small Expressions of Change Camille Grady
A Selection of Superb Articles From Illumination Carol Price
Is It Ever Too Late To Start Writing? Darlene Corbett
My Reply to Joe Luca Dean J Murphy
Victorian Child Killing Inventions Delilah Brass
What Authenticity Really Means Dina Tibbs
The Real Purpose of Funerals Don Lee
Management Fix Eduardo Espinheira
There’s No Substitute for Hard Work Ephraim Champion
Boredom After Achievement Fatunla Samuel
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Three solid ways to keep depression away after achieving a goal
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Utah Is Celebrating Pacific Island Heritage Month Floyd Mori
Where Is This Process Of Transition Leading Us? Who Might We Become? Gregory Reece-Smith
A Chinese Parable about Fish That Helps You Get Through a Breakup Cherry Kong
Here’s How We Get Republicans Vaccinated Chris Zappa
An Ancient Chinese Proverb for Finding your Niche Christopher Kirby
Wild Wombat Wreaking Wreckage H.D. Ingles
The Eyes Are Pathways to the Soul I. Trudie Palmer
A Dream Job is exactly What it is; A Dream Izere Imosemi
When I Finally Became An Author J.R. Heimbigner
Major Causes of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Gratitude to Grateful, Why and How J.W. Bertolotti
I Am Determined To Be a Paid Writer Jade Augustine
The Feeling of Being Enjoyed Jake Wilson
Should Bible Belt Preachers Remain Silent on the COVID-19 Vaccine? Jameson Steward
10 Odd, Weird, and Kinky Facts About The Beatles You Might Ignore Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
More Alive Josh “υя_ωιѕємαη* “ Lessie
What are Good Leadership Qualities? Jue F. Olbrich
The Night I Drank Ayahuasca Only To Get Stuck In A Six-Hour Death Loop Julia Blum
Multifaceted Are We K.Kumar
Justin Trudeau, a Joss Whedon wannabe who hides behind Women’s Rights to Maintain the Status Quo Kay Valley
Now We’re Believing in Black Male Stereotypes? Khadejah
When it Comes to Decluttering, Forget Marie Kondo Larrylambert
A Coalition of Chimps Killed Infant Gorillas: Why Researchers Must Stop Playing “Prime Directive”… Lee G. Hornbrook
Fluttery Jared Butler
When I’m the Crazy One in This Divorce Jennifer M. Wilson
In Night of Solitude Jess Moor
The Road To Writing Success Liam Ireland
What My Afghani ESL Students Taught Me Liz
Man in Elevator Tried to Grab Me; I Scared the Crap Out of Him Lorrae - Loving My AUTISTRY
Why I Think Quora’s New Earning Program for Writers Might Fail Louis Petrik
You Don’t Get the Most Common Joke in the English Language Melissa Balick
10 Giveaway Signs Of A Malignant Female Narcissist Mila
Anxiety’s Lie Misty Rae
Driving in France Ruined Me Mofrad Muntasir
Fulfilling My Duty N. A. Kazi
Why I Would Rather Leave a Job than Be Disrespected Nicole Waite
4 Reasons You Should Keep (And Love) Your Job And Still Live Your Dream Life Marichelle E. Urquico
The Soul’s Path Melanie J.
My Chickens Had to Die for Me to Finally Understand the Connection Between Food and Inflammation Melinda Crow
How I Discovered a Sacred Place — My Space Nishith Goyal
3 Lincoln Biographies I Can’t Wait to Read Noah Nelson
Why You Should Take a Year from Work to Travel Notations in C
It Took Me a Year to Earn $50 and Over 10,000 Views/Month Paul A.
The Triangle Of Goals Petyo Kozhuharov
If You Have This One Trait, You Will Never Run Out Of Ideas Prince Verma
Goodbye To My Japanese Grandmother Reylia Slaby
I am Still Anti-mandate Rowen Quinn
Don’t Allow Medium’s Incentives to Distract You From Writing Ryan J
Is Plastic Really So Bad? Sandra Pawula
The Golden Grass Sanjukt Saha
Put your worries in perspective Sapna M
Is Your Procrastination Problem Holding You Back From Succeeding? Sara Moton
Showing Your True Self To the World Sarah Marie
I Discussed Life With a Dog and a 3-Year-Old. One Got Me a Ball, and the Other Made Me Monkey Rahul Anand
6 Easy Steps How I Started Running — 10KM RayRay
Waste not, Want not renee tarantowski
Should Vaccines Be Mandated or Not? Toffy Char
It’s not the explosion, it’s the lag time. Tree Langdon
Copper Plumbing Ulf Wolf
Tiny Trivia and One Big Thing Veronika Kaufmann
How a UK Doctor Launched His Tech Startup Without a Tech Background in the USA ikranth Kanumuru
Astounding Views on Quora Warren “Storyteller” Brown
The 3 Viable Options In Afghanistan William (Dollar Bill) Mersey
I Am Not Crazy Winston Ong
Eliza Inspired Me to Shed 50 Pounds in 5 Months ILLUMINATION-Curated
Social Media Absorbs Anyone Looking to Escape Harsh Reality Carlos Jeronimo
4 Addictions That Are Ruining Your Life. Hint, it’s not Netflix! Caryn Leach-Smith
I Am Autistic And Have ADHD Catherine Londero
Constancy’s Impermanence Sean F Corbin
Will The Referral Program Become The Downfall of Medium? Sean Peck
Why the Jerks in Your Life are the Best for Your Personal Growth Shane Beattie
Gerald Shawn Ingram
Remembering Aisha Mohammadzai’s Story Taylor Moran
Should You Still Get the M1 MacBook? Temitope C. Samuel
Escaping From The Grips Of Self-doubt Terence Kong
Gyms Closed Due To COVID-19 The Girl with the Dark Brown Eyes
How To Start Affiliate Marketing For Beginners Chandra Vijay Singh (C V SINGH)
We Are Failing Us Sheldon Clay
Enrich Your Life by Volunteering Simon Whaley
Gamifying social action towards thriving cities. Sofia Isabel Kavlin
My 3.5 Writing Highs Steve B Howard NOVELIST
5 Reasons to Do Internships as a University Student (Other than CV Building) Cherry Kong
Why Is It So Hard to Get Rid of Loose Skin? Dr Mehmet Yildiz
I’m Going to Passo on Ted Lasso Chris Zappa
Evergreens Gather Sun C Mad Poet
What Lie Confuses Your Relationship? Fatunla Samuel
Are You Ever Really Alone? Floyd Mori
How to Become a Catalyst of Change at Any Age Frances Hickmott
MUST READ GUIDE to Prevent Losing All Money in Stock Market Futuris Perpetuum
Tech Holds The Solutions Ahead. Fynn Stevenson
Business, Travel, Change, Challenges, and Fun Jacquelyn Lynn
If Voter ID Laws are Racist, so are Vaccine Passports Jake Meiss
Reclaim The Power Of Your Attention Clay Raymond
I Found This Twenty-Dollar Bill Colleen Sheehy Orme
Modern Society Spits on Young Men Colter Whitlock
NEWS FLASH H.D. Ingles
Ghost Town Beneath the Waves Hunter Cabot
This Is My Confession I. Trudie Palmer
Space, in Mind Cory Wilson
Have you lost control of your life? Daniel Millington
The Fog of Life Daniel R. Fincher
Is Virtual Therapy As Effective As In-Person? Darlene Corbett
Better Collaboration Dave Smith
How to Use a Before and After Grid to Write Effective Copy Dean J Murphy
Job Change: Why I Hate to Accept a Job That I Know I Dislike Dishit Devasia
A Foxy Lesson In Expository Writing Jen North
Pretending to Be A Happy Family During Divorce Jennifer M. Wilson
The day I may have met my dad May More
Communication and Understanding are Two Perfect Pillars of A Successful Life And Relationship Minakshi Kumari
The Broken Plate Teaches Life’s Lessons: Learnings From Alexander The Great Dr. Preeti Singh
Introducing: 21 Tips for Beginner Bloggers Eleanor A
Donbass Blues — Донбас Блусс JGS
“If You Build It, He Will Come”, Self-fulfilling Prophecies, and Manifesting Mary Liga
Game Theory: The Science of Decision Making Maurice Mourabe
The Superman Boys of 1978 Elizabeth O’Nuanain
The Day My Kidney Transplant Failed James Nelmondo
The Pandemic Made Me Fall In Love With Work Again James Ssekamatte
Celebrating Fellow Lefties on International Left Handers Day Jasmine Aguilar
To Darwin N. A. Kazi
Technology, Business, Leadership, & Self-Improvement Stories ILLUMINATION-Curated
Seize Today… and Tomorrow… and Tomorrow… John Ross
Woody Harrelson Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
How Do Slot Machines Work? Sparky Sparks
Mail-Order Bride Demystified Josephine Crispin
Have You Ever Asked God a Dumb Question? Julie Greenidge
Will This Pain Ever End? Justin Stinnett
The Park Kyomi O’Connor
Can Overweight People Be Healthy? Lanu Pitan
Beyond Gold Laurie Ure LICSW
The Butterfly Nasar Karim
Learning to Do Nothing Orla Kenny
I Wrote A Song, and It Got On the Radio Paul Alexander
Set Up Your Financial Future Young Prerit Das
Why Everyone Unfollowed Me Today Illumination Gaming
The Rock Scorpions Jim McAulay🍁
The Four Horsemen of the Pandemic John Egelkrout
The Perfect Holiday, and Why It Started The Wrong Way Lucia Landini
Sweaty Ralph Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Hybristophilia is Dangerous and Possibly Encourages Others Madison Hays
Links in the Chain Manu Chatterjee
Obligatory Rant About Anti-Vaxxers Marguerite Floyd
No Pills, Still I Reduced My Anxiety And Stress In A Pandemic Priyam Samantray
Fill Your Life With Passion Randy Wolken
The Keto Misunderstanding: 5 Reasons Why People Fail Rob Hourmont
5 Things That Directly Affect Your Earnings of Writing Rukshan Pramoditha
A Simple Approach To Mental Health Problems Varun Khadri
How I Miraculously Ended Up Freelancing for a Harvard Startup Visioning to Overturn Doctors… Vikranth Kanumuru
Are you living unlived? renee tarantowski
Stop Scolding Your Kid In Public Riaz Laskar
4 Daily Rituals I Do For Productivity That I Wish I Knew Before Vivek Naskar
How to Make Writing a Fun Journey Winston
How to Write a $200 Story on Medium That Makes You Money Month After Month Napoleon
What’s Important When in New York City Y. Vue
How to Figure Out the Next Phase of Your Life Sandra Di Francesco
Capitalizing on the Times — Kit Kat Ad Campaign Sarkis Ardjian
Military to Civilian Life: Some Things I Found Out the Hard Way Shane Beattie
The In Betweeners Shawn Ingram
4 Holistic Therapies I Have Tried and My Honest Opinion of Them Steffany Ritchie
3 Writing Lessons from ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ YJ Jun
31,920 Verses of the Bible Turned Into a Notion Template for Your Convenience Sally
3 Reasons I Hear to Remain Single That Will Keep You Single Tavian Jean-Pierre
Shrinking White Population Only Intensifies Political Conflict Vanessa Gallman
Law of Attraction Gurus Beware You, Me and Happiness
How You Can Discover Your Creative Niche In Life Terence Kong
What if Your Monday Morning Anxiety Could Mean This? Tim Collings
Why Are the Hornets and Wasps So Bad This Year? Tim Ebl
Could You Live Like Thoreau on Walden Pond in 2021? TJ Wiley
I Sat On the Side of His Deathbed, A Tale on The Beauty of Life Today I Lived
Howl at Me Zachary Seda
I Made Over $100 From my M.Sc. Thesis in a Month Zachary Warnes
Three Books that Made Me Rethink My Life Zain
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What I Learned by Reviewing 100+ Viral Articles in 2021
Guiding Stories for New Writers
Dr Mehmet Yildiz posted an article about being a prolific writer as a full-time worker. I believe writers can learn from his model and experience.
He guides new writers to increase their views and reading times answering frequently asked questions by new writers.
Introduction to New Writers
Dear New Writers,
Welcome!
The quality and style of your stories are important for our readers.
If you are new to writing please review this checklist.
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Jam Pel, Riyaaddison, J. Rafid Siddiqui, PhD, The Paul Lee Hub, Bernhard Mueller, Tabs, Presh marvis, Sherri Donohue, Jessica H., Glodean Champion, Anugrahgupta, JaseDMF, Dianne M. Daniels, Abby R, Lea, Vincent, Dash.
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Emily Barwell, Dr. Doctor, Gereon Wellmann, Ferdinand Tongson, James Vermillion, wordsmithwriter, Steve’Oh Lawrow, Steve’Oh Lawrow, Olivia Cal, Eric Monk, Aaron An, rickmolloy, Lalitha Brahma, Muhammad Anees, Lisa Johnson, Vik, PhD, Juliene Dinopol, Sarah Smith, Pavel, Shamaz aha, Pranav Sridhar K, John R Godwin, Mark Sanford, Ph.D., Riane Tyler, Angel Molina Laguna, Cristiana Micuta, Patience Hunter, Kade Uy, Kenna, Atty Cronin, Sherrell Riley, Ian Williams, A. Ogunmokun, Leeroy Jenkins, Viston Tea, Edd Mowbray, Cee Arr, Gencay I., Corey Casey, Mani W. Ritera, Jordan Nguyen, Paul Knulst, Aishwarya P, Cahya Asrini, Cahya Asrini, Kavita D., Cahya Asrini, Simple Research, Jason Hart, Aerek Szulc, Emily Denise, Christopher Naughton, Jerry Keszka, Angel Molina Laguna, Atharva Kulkarni, Julian Palumbo, Words2Gold.Ink, Zuleika Gasimova, HsnDigitally, Seif Allah Bouchrara, Tom Hunter, Matthew Kerridge, Kevin Viani, Anna Yang, Sunga Kim, Umme Kulsoom Khatri, Sparky Sparks, sielexis anne, Lynn Heiman, Petru Félix, Mahrukh Saif, Jim Malloy, Amina Giselle, Bikendra Thapa, A. M. Palmer, RJ, A Ethan June, Alejandro Orradre, Curious.Millennial, Chrissy P, Kat Li, Angela Booth, Philip Mann-Montreal, Utsukushii Jinsei, Dr. Psychology, Tom Brennan, Zehavah Moon, Errol Brown, Teresa Wymore, Cassandra Sigmon, Billie, Colleen Killingsworth, Bala LK, Thinker Boy, Amol Shrikhande, Chris Carabott, Aaron Meaders, Nicole Ritter, Francis Lee, Fatima Sah,
Meet new writers joined when this collection originally prepared by ILLUMINATION editors
Let’s welcome these relatively new writers and explore their stories by clicking on the profile links below. Most of them already contribute to our publications.
Collaboration between writers and readers is a success factor on Medium.
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The key consideration for new contributors is to review the onboarding pack quickly, as it includes publication-specific information for a smooth transition. I attached it below.
As a benefit of fast publishing, your stories will start earning income and finding more readers quickly.
Please caption your photos and ensure that that they are not copyrighted: either belong to you or from free sources. Not captioning and using copyrighted photos waste our editors’ precious time and cause delays in publishing your stories.
Please Note that not captioning images and using copyrighted photos will lead to rejection of stories.
ILLUMINATION provided guidance to new writers on collection #128.
We are sorry for the publishing delays. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Your stories will be published eventually.
You may also consider self-publishing as we accept them. However, draft submissions might bring more readers so it is up to you.
ILLUMINATION publications accepts both draft and self-published stories. But, editors give priority to drafts as these stories need to find readers waiting in the queue for a while.
Let’s Meet Our Editors Who Publish These Stories
The following stories cover the profiles of our volunteer editors.
These volunteer editors are the ones reviewing and publishing the stories in these collections. They are from various time zones clearing the publication queue on their precious time daily.
Meet Dr Mehmet Yildiz — Dr Mehmet Yildiz Chief Editor and Owner
Helpful References for New Writers
New writers might check out these stories as they are designed to guide them.
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION
Helpful Guides for All Contributors
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
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Guiding Posts on our Publications
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Introducing Writers Bios
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