Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #17
Chosen by the technology editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium

Dear Readers,
After a few months of break, I’m back to my editorial duties. I posted 16 collections last year. Your supportive feedback greatly encouraged me to continue this volunteer work as I enjoy reading stories published on ILLUMINATION. If you missed my previous posts, you could find the links in this collection: A Collection of Hand Picked Articles by the editor of Technology Hits, serving Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium.
During my absence, ILLUMINATION posted many featured collections. Finding stories in prominent publications is like searching for a needle in the haystack. However, these neatly presented collections made my job easy.
So, I decided to feature some captivating stories that resonated well with me. I have chosen these exquisite stories for your enjoyment from ILLUMINATION, a diverse and inclusive publication giving voice to around 14,000 writers on Medium.

Curated Articles from Volume #1
What We Can Control & Can’t Dr Mehmet Yildiz
You Can Still Rebuild Your Career After These Common Tragedies Occur Tim Denning
The Internet of Things, Big Data, and the Inversion Christopher Kirby, PhD
Monetized or Broken: Google Gone Bad Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Why I Must Leave Higher Ed Beth Bradford, Ph.D.
Was Adam Smith Really So Pecuniary? Ellen Clardy, PhD
To Newborn Baby Skyla Christyl Rivers, Phd.
New Eyedrops May Make Eyeglasses Obsolete for Nearsighted Vision Natalie Frank, Ph.D.
Being a Pro Means Proactively Communicating Nancy R. Gough, PhD
Read This Now, Not Later. Dr. Ojuolape Kuti
Yoga And Fitness Of Body And Mind Dr. Preeti Singh
My Teen Daughter Never Believed In Santa And It Turned Out To Be The Best Gift I Ever Gave Her Livia Dabs RN,MSc
How to Defuse a Social Media Fight George J. Ziogas
The World’s 13 Biggest Problems, Ranked Schalk Cloete
The Not-Murder Story Claudia Stack
Using Routines to Create a Better Life Bill Abbate
Where Could I stay: If not in your heart Amy Christie
Ready to Breakthrough in 2022? Erin M.
What The NewsBreak Change Did To Earnings Floyd Mori
Some NewsBreak vs Medium Articles Missing the Points Technology Hits
Do You Have A Last Will & Testament? Francesco Rizzuto
Buddhism Teaches Us That Enlightenment Doesn’t Exist Frank T Bird
Wanted — Private Security Officer for City of Chicago Amy Sea
Completing Our Soul [5]: To Return or Ascend to 5D Worlds | A Reincarnation Series Frank Ontario
This Mountain of Years: A poetic reflection on wasted years Brad Creech
Beer — Loved by Many, & Resembles Something Repulsive in a Tall, Cold Glass Ange Dim
What the World Needs Now : Is not more stuff Bob Jasper
Spiritual Decoding: It’s a bird, a plane…. a sign… Brooklyn Muse
Stand and Look: A poem of reality America Zed
You can make your love stronger with healthy boundaries Brenda Henning
Why you should start a venture-backed startup Fouad Sader
Look At The Time: A Short Story Francesca Gabrielle Bavaro
Do You Follow or Subscribe to jules? Marcus
How To Honor and Memorialize Our Loved Ones Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Mind the Ego: Noticing the I Trisha Dunbar (She/Her)
Wearing the Habit: Meditations on Fear 2 • action becomes habit, habit becomes character Twiddle Dee
No Baggage: Pure Perception Ulf Wolf
Introduction to Chakras Vanita Cyril
You’re 1/4 Black? Here’s a Black Card.: Everyone gets a black card. Khadejah
What Productivity Gurus Won’t Tell you Kian Ameli
Wheels, Steals, Wires, and Sapphires: A life of action and no one tires Warren Brown
Teaching and Discussing White Privilege is a Loaded, But Necessary Topic KL Simmons
All I Want for Christmas: It costs nothing Kim McKinney
You have to Change your Thoughts if you want to succeed Lawson Wallace
A Holistic Approach to Growing Your Business Kristen Kay Brady
How Man Created God in his Image: Why I believe religion has it backward L.A. Fosner
15 Incredibly Smart Pieces of Advice To Enlighten Your 2022 Letters from E.K.
Setting Intentions According to Wellness Trends and a Positive Tone for the New Year Libby Shively McAvoy
What a Shame that Poor Autistic Woman Has to Be that Way Lorrae G.
One Law Student’s Rental Accommodation Shock, Which Catapulted Him Into His First Legal Challenge Maria Rattray
Do You See these Fascinating Close-ups from Your Eye? Shashi Sastry
My First Article on Medium Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Limitations Of The Author “Brand” Shelby Sullivan
Oxita — The Next Big Thing In Metaverse: Chasing the dreams! Sibca Awan
How Hiking Changes Your Brain: Why walking outside is great for your mental health Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
Even I Have to Admit Stories About Medium Are Getting Out Of Hand, Here’s a Possible Solution Burk
Stress Mastery: 3 Key Response Choices Jeff Herring
Fantastic Stories From 3 Thoughtful Writers: Discover new writers John Cunningham
How to Stop The #1 Self-Destructive Habit Messing Up Your Life Jessey Anthony
7 Bizarre Job Market Myths You Still Believe In Denys Opria
Confessions of the Mad — Installment Eight DMTakeshi
Should We Shower Every Day? Karen Madej
That’s all from me, folks! I wish I could read and feature more stories. However, the good news is they are compiled for you by ILLUMINATION. Here is volume one of the curated collection for your enjoyment. We make it easy to access our valuable stories.
If you are a speed reader like Dr Mehmet Yildiz, you may jump into our meta collection, which has around 50 groups, if I remember correctly.
You may also check the recent volume of our outstanding stories collected by ILLUMINATION-Curator.
Outstanding Stories — Volume 85
Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
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