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Hand-Picked Articles #148
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We curated engaging and informative stories from our experienced writers for your reading pleasure. Thank you for your time and engagement in these chosen stories.
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Please explore and enjoy these chosen stories from our vast collection.
Curated Articles from ILLUMINATION Publications
Here’s What Happened on One-Meal-a-Day After 15 Years. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Ten Hobbies Enhanced the Quality of My Life over the Past Five Decades Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Painful Questions People Have When They Find out My Wife Is Asian Tim Denning
If You Give These Things Up Your Self-Image Will Shoot Through The Roof Ayodeji Awosika
What It’s Like to Be in A Gender-Equal Marriage Anastasia Frugaard
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
If I had to quit a 9-to-5 job, this is how I’d do it Jenn Leach
How Manipulation Works in Relationships Jennifer March, MS
Have Laptop Will Travel — How to Become a Successful Online Freelancer While Touring the World George J. Ziogas
Why I (Almost) Never Judge Anyone Benjamin Carter
Shout Out to the Winners of Warren Brown’s Prompt Contests, Tara Desai PhD
Beginners Guide to Gaming Gear and Peripherals Illumination Gaming
Beware the Foot-Licking and Tooth-Pulling Demons from Persia Brian Loo Soon Hua
What Is Simily and How Can Writers Benefit from This New Writing Platform? ILLUMINATION
Oh Medium, Why Must You Toy With Us? Amy Sea
Boot Camp Workouts Are Great For You Andrey Pilipets
Six Metabolism Boosting Hacks for Anyone over 40 Struggling to Lose Weight Ange Dim
Letter to a Grieving Son Braised & Blanched by Le Voir
Nacho Nation Brooke Ramey Nelson
I Tried Medium Audio Reading Feature, Here Is My Review Aamir Kamal
New Jersey New Inclusion Law Brooklyn Muse
4 Steps To Find Inner Peace And Live An Authentic Life Chrissie Marie Massey
My Sense of Humor Defined Don Martin
Medium My Dear Where Did My Claps Go? Ali
Nice to Meet You — or Not Elizabeth Emerald
Productivity Technique For Over Active Minds Fit$
A University Gives Out Scholarships It Had Not Planned To Give Floyd Mori
We struggle with algorithms Francesco Carrubba
Passion Will Always Drive Our Lives on the FAST GO-GO-GO Gear Francine Fallara
Is It Possible To Hold A Job When You Are Constantly On The Search For A New Challenge? Franzi Kinzel
The Lazy, Belligerent Gamer and His Enabling Father Gerald Sturgill
7 Reliable Ways to Make Money Online in 2022 Gokhan Yalcuk
Why You Shouldn’t Use The Pareto Principle! Iris B. Stehn
Does Your Cat Need To Lose Weight? Jade Augustine
Anna Shed 50 Pounds After Fixing Leaky Gut in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Journal 2021- July to December Jairam R Prabhu
How to Help Your Own Damn Self & Be Your Own Therapist Jaja Requa
Writers, we got it made in the shade. Jan Sebastian
Medium Silently Rolled Out a Huge New Feature! Jonathan Tasman
Is it Better to Create a Story Draft or Simply Write Down Your Notes? Justiss Goode
Transform Your Mundane Day Into a Mindful One Kalyni
Ghosting is Hard Work Katerina Zitta
“Strong Family Ties” or “Strong Family Lies” (or Something Like That) KL Simmons
259 mph on the Autobahn Klaus Wagner
The #1 Reason People Will Unsubscribe To Your Medium Emails Kristina God
The People Who Shape Us Letters from E.K.
6 Wise Lessons Cats Can Teach You About Healthy Lifestyle Livia Dabs RN,MSc
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Sustainability Marketing Doesn’t Have To Be Expensive Lydia Carrick
Follow the Follower? Max Mask, BSc, MBA.
Couldn’t Last a Day not Working? Midori by the Sea
Broken Thoughts NIDAA
How Has The US Forest Service’s Mission Expanded? Patrick OConnell
If You Want To Be Happy, Take Out The Trash Today Pius Adejumobi
If You Don’t Want To Make Enemies, Avoid This Prince Verma
These 16 Qualities Make a Woman Physically Attractive. Do You Have Them All? Qasim Adam
What I Learned From Dating an Incel Rachel M.J
How I Found My Unique Path As A Multi-passionate Sammy Wan
How Polyglots Learn a New Language Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
‘My Father’s Violin’ : Movie Review Suma Narayan
Morning Pages: A Writer’s Prayer For The Next Life… Suzanne Paschall
Do You Know What You Are Writing For? Tavian Jean-Pierre
This Publisher Pays For Stories Tree Langdon
Sometimes When I Look at the Mirror Utpal Kumar
Will U.S. Finally Enshrine Equal Rights for Women? Vanessa Gallman
5 things I Learned About Women Through My Wife Vuyo Ngcakani
Dandelions — The Medicinal Weed of Choice Yancy Dennis
The Biggest Law of Attraction Trap! You, Me and Happiness
How Does The Forest Service Use Environmental Science? Patrick OConnell
Talk About It Aasha Krishnan
This Is How Much Medium Paid Me For 24k Views On An Article Prince Verma
My State Wants to Kill Me — That’s Why I’ll Raise My Children Somewhere Else Khadejah
Folklore — a Poem Roxanne Barbour
Pandemic Poetry: A Collection Jillian Somera
How Culture Impacts Your Growth John R. Miles
4 Captivating Opening Lines in Classic Novels Gianni Bawn
3 Issues I Have as a Young Writer Noah Nelson
How to Transcend Trauma and Heal Our Souls Cee Cee
Does Labeling Depression As Complicated Prevent Our Recovery? Thomas of Copenhagen
“I See Nothing in the Data…” — These People Are Doing My Head In Malky McEwan
4 Steps To Crush Debt in the Most Pleasurable Way Possible Max Mask, BSc, MBA.
Shocking Stats About Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Meet Helen Müller — You, Me and Happiness by ILLUMINATION
My Life As A Writer Francesco Rizzuto
Fearing Change Annelise Lords
How A Simple Walking App Stopped Me From Being A Complete Loser. Caryn Leach-Smith
A Complete Guide to Making This Your Best Year Yet J.R. Heimbigner
What Sharon and David Discovered in the Schoolyard Adam Hrankowski, ADHD
Australia Day? Aj Bhardwaj
Attention Bubbles: a French Technique to Stay Focused at Work Alex Philippe
I’m Six Ways to Build Muscle, & Burn Body Fat Faster, with Intermittent Fasting Ange Dim
Five Tips to Prevent Infectious Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
You Are To Be a Father Anna Post
Can Y’all Give Writing Platforms A Break Already? Attila Vágó
The Power of the Placebo Effect on Your Mindset Barry Chaffee
My Real Life Glitch in the Matrix Moment Brandi K McMurry
Return of the CRT: A Gamer’s Mid-Life Crisis Chris Carabott
Another Hack to Make Money On Simily Burk
Wanting a Pop-Up Restaurant is Not a New Concept Cathy Coombs
The Biohacking Morning Routine I Use to Skyrocket My Productivity Chris Staudinger
From Super Mario to Super Therapist: The Increasing Research into Magic Mushrooms Daniel Millington
Turning Over the Keys of Life Dave Smith
20 Years Later, True Raider Fans are Still Pissed About the Tuck Rule Game Denise Hedley
Spring Break for New Stories Don Martin
The Human Race is a Deeply Flawed Species Edward John
Two years into online meetings and I’m still paranoid about my mic and video Eleanor A
News Flash: In the Flesh! Elizabeth Emerald
How To Earn More After Quitting Your Job Fatunla Samuel
Will 2022 be the year of the voice? Francesco Carrubba
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag Fred: Almost Famous
My 11-Year Journey gcwrites
Why There IS Hope For Simily Yet Gianni Bawn
Born in the USSR: 10 Things I Grew Up Without Giedre P.
Five Tips to Prevent Infectious Diseases Dr Mehmet Yildiz
4.5 Years Younger In 8 Months Hello100
‘They Wanna Put Me In Jail’ — Trump Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Most Effective And Proven Time Management Techniques Hidayatullah
An Opportunity To Give All of Me I. Trudie Palmer
One Person is Doomed to be Poor Forever Jaja Requa
Horse tranquilizers! The new hot drug. Jan Sebastian
The Gift of Mental Clarity Jennifer Thompson
You Gotta Wash the Dirty Laundry Jodie Helm
10 Books to Learn About Tibet and The Dalai Lama Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Coffee, Conversation, and a Cruise Down Memory Lane Nick Stockton
7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Dropping Out of University Nikki Siapno
A Seneca Quote on True Happiness Øivind H. Solheim
The Glory Of Dave: The Man Who Changed A Bunch Of Outcasts’ Lives Ossiana Tepfenhart
Hormonal Effects of Covid-19 Virus Dr Mehmet Yildiz
3 Online Writing Markets That Pay 100.00–500.00 for Nonfiction or Poetry Pamela Kazmierczak
The First Month of the New Year is Over Julius Evans
Earth Is Blue kristin_missk
8 Powerful Ways to Cope with Weight Gain Lauren Michaels
The Universe’s Message to Me: Stop Everything You Do, but Especially Stop Writing Markus Scorelius
Reintroducing Exercise during Eating Disorder Recovery Meagvo
My Alcoholic Son Is Doing AWESOME! Misty Rae
I am 25 and I am a Director, Designer, Marketing Specialist, Administrator and Janitor in my… Natalie
Three Tips to Eliminate Insulin Resistance and Shrink Waistline Dr Mehmet Yildiz
My Earnings On medium in January of 2022 Patricia Vilchez
I Just Reached One Thousand Followers! Paul Goodman
How This One Incident Changed The Way I Look at Life Purbita Chakraborty
23 Dating Tips for the Clueless Man Qasim Adam
Is “Someday” A Real Day? Randy Wolken
6 Reasons to Choose Bluehost Rishab Batra
How I Ended Up Homeless in High School As a 4.0 Student Ryan Scott Shannon
Why You Should Use Your Left Hand Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
The majority-minority view can be deleterious for a country SURYASH KUMAR
Forget Extension, Pay Loans Anyway! The Business Period
Writers, Are You Also Having Issues With Number of Claps on Your Story? Vritant Kumar
Five Reasons You Need to Know Your Values and Goals Before Looking for Love Wendy Scott
Highlight This. William Vincent Carleton
The Audacity to Give Up Zee Praise
Three Tips to Improve Cardiovascular Health Dr Mehmet Yildiz
“Strong Family Ties” or “Strong Family Lies” (or Something Like That) KL Simmons
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
Meet Lanu Pitan
What It’s Like to Be in A Gender-Equal Marriage Anastasia Frugaard
Establishing Utopian America Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
Silent Ones* Dr. Fatima Imam
Beware the Foot-Licking and Tooth-Pulling Demons from Persia Brian Loo Soon Hua
How I Healed Abdominal Bloating and Distension Dr Mehmet Yildiz
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
Breakups: 7 Reasons Why You Don’t Need Your Ex Back Rodolfo Urbano, CPA
How Reading Scientific Research Can Improve Your Writing: A Beginner’s Guide. Ben Rutt, PhD
On Trauma & Addiction: Lessons from a Defensive Iceberg and His Oversized Hat Dr. Cort Dorn-Medeiros
School Should Teach Us These Eight Simple Things (Yet It Doesn’t) Tim Denning
Fasting Can Change Brain Chemistry Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Lita Jane, Rosy Gee, Esther Uwanah Edet, Life Explorer, Maryann G., Amanda Lee, Self•Eloquence, r3v, Rifat Chowdhury, Shamsu Sarauta, Adetayo Odukoya, Bjorn Sorensen, Cosmos Walter, Spyros Ierides, CFA, Vikram Sharma, Mar B. Vich, Christie Harrison, Gaylord Clusterduck, Laurent Duperval, Jan Schmitz, Reuben Horowitz, Leo Kahng, Raphael Madu, Lost In Translation, Alexander Semenyuk, EG Deaile, Jacob R. Scott, Isabella, ROBERA DIRIBA, Michelle Esther, Dekera Greene Rodriguez, Hunter Bohm, Cedric Vinebo, Shantanu Kumar, Anatoly Kotlyar, Toni Greathouse, Joseph Carpenter, VIPUL GAUTAM, Maya Borealis, Ishita Jindal, Rupankar M, Rosalyn Morris, Hetul Patel, Bret Itskowitch, Srishti Singh, Juli Writ, Srihari Pramod, Dr. Sheema Mukhtar, Aline Guimarães, Noman Aslam, Vishal Das,
Let’s also give a warm welcome to recently joined writers. Some of them have already posted their first articles. Let’s support their content!
Ulf Wolf, Anastasia, Dheeraj Yadav, Philip Ogley, Jennifer Barrios Tettay, Emmanuel Tejeda, (Max) Loo Pin Mok, Vase X. Holly, Christala Rosina, Shura Hanna, Ginger Liu. M.F.A., Shura Hanna, Stupid Philosophy, Genevieve Hayes, PhD, Catherine Aragon, Ana M. Lopez, Wambui Njuguna, Azhar Shah, Marianne Simon, mind.bubble, Mark Sanford, Ph.D., Jan Carroza, Vee H, Chris Pick, Julianna, Kimberly Carlson Aesara, Arslan Sheraz, Azhar Shah, Elizabeth Raley, Katarzyna Portka, Mary Shambro, Jay Stories, Caleb Weingarten, Ronas IT, Tim Carden, Neil Nkoyock, Christina Costello, Abhishek Sainani, Daphne Peña, Anwesha Mishra, Juan Cienfuegos, Nadeem Aftab, Akhtar Ali, Krishna Patel, Ben Roland, Catherine McNally, Jackie Olsen, Liza Carver, keyda, ax, Alice Christine, Vignesh RS, Hassan Faheem, Shaqib Akram, James Goodman, Nancy Oglesby Wellness, Sudarsan Karki-SuperSudar, This is Sabrina Nicole, BothSides, Julia Dennis, Blockchainerzz, Hassan Faheem, TheConchLife.com, Benazir Albashir, Dhruv Hegde, Pierre Matile, Ashley Hague, Tiffany Ventic, Emma Granha piati, Bernhard Mueller, Sherri Donohue, Jessica H., Glodean Champion, Dianne M. Daniels, Abby R, Lea, Vincent, Dash, Pamela Oglesby, Michael Okafor, Wealthly, Ideas To Grow, Carlos Gonzalez, RAW, srinivasan Metta, Monomit Bhowmik, Julian Lawrence, Trey Natherson, Natalie Wilmet, Fatima Naveed, Alexander Semenyuk. EG Deaile, Bjorn Sorensen, Jacob R. Scott, Lost In Translation.
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 #130.
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.
We 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
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
Helpful Guides for All Contributors
Guiding Posts on our Publications
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Introducing Writers Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
medium.com
Meet Editors of Our Publications
Collection of Editor Bios
Invitation to Write for ILLUMINATION on YouTube Publication
Invitation: Join ILLUMINATION Gaming Publication as a Writer
Publications by Our Writers on Medium
Why Writers Need Personal Publications
Updates from Euphoria
I Write about Health as It Matters.
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
Illumination Fiction Club
Invitation to Potential Writers
If you wish to join Illumination Integration publications, please send a request via this link.
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