Editor’s Choice
Hand-Picked Articles #207
Chosen by the content curators of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium for avid readers
Dear Readers and Writers,
Apologies, we could not post a collection yesterday due to hectic administrative duties. Today, we selected some great pieces for your enjoyment.
This collection covers eclectic stories in various writing styles, reflecting diverse voices on multiple topics. We believe you will find enjoyable stories in this collection.
We amplify the stories from our publications in various collections. Cross-pollinating writers might improve collaboration and create further visibility for their content.
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications are inclusive and diverse, supporting 18,000+ contributors. Various levels of writers, from absolute beginners to most accomplished ones, delight our readers with their informative and engaging content.
Our goal is to support writers in building a larger audience by collaborating with avid readers following our publications on Medium. Therefore, we create necessary visibility using our volunteer resources.
ILLUMINATION editors posted a new collection recently.
After reviewing and publishing these stories, our volunteer editorial and curation team members also create visibility for them in multiple ways. They do these tasks as a giveback activity.
Well-written, informative, and engaging content always finds new readers in our publications. They don’t allow them to expire.
In addition, the ILLUMINATION team will create a new collection featuring a single writer, including their high-quality and engaging stories that did not receive desired results. Details of the plan are in the attached story.
Sample Curated Collections for New Readers
You might find links to recently featured stories by the ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
Hand-Picked Articles #180, Hand-Picked Articles #181, Hand-Picked Articles #182, Hand-Picked Articles #183, Hand-Picked Articles #184, Hand-Picked Articles #185, Hand-Picked Articles #186, Hand-Picked Articles #187, Hand-Picked Articles #188, Hand-Picked Articles #189, Hand-Picked Articles #190, Hand-Picked Articles #191, Hand-Picked Articles #192, Hand-Picked Articles #193, Hand-Picked Articles #194, Hand-Picked Articles #203
Here is our previous collection.
Here are the recent collections from ILLUMINATION-Curator.
ILLUMINATION Reading Club, Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01, Outstanding Stories — Volume 86, Outstanding Stories — Volume 87, Outstanding Stories — Volume 88, Outstanding Stories — Volume 89, Outstanding Stories — Volume 90, Outstanding Stories — Volume 91.
Here are the recent curated collections from ILLUMINATION main.
Curated Collection #132, Curated Collection #131, Curated Collection #130, Curated Collection #129, Curated Collection #128, Curated Collection #133, Curated Collection #134.
Thank you for your time and meaningful engagement in these chosen stories. You might check out your favorite authors via a keyword search (e.g., Ctrl F in PC).
We are delighted several writers joined our publications. We welcome them using these collections and introduce them to our readers and contributors.
Daily Communication for Writers
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Attention New Writers
Welcome. Thank you for joining our publications. We included the introduction to new writers and writer-related stories at the end of this post.
Please review Master Copy: Onboarding New Writers before submitting your stories. We look forward to them.
Let’s welcome the new contributors who joined us recently and support their content. ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications are proud to add new contributors daily and support their content. Each writer diversifies our collections.
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Please explore and enjoy these chosen stories from our vast collection.
Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today
Today, we curated informative and engaging stories, mainly from ILLUMINATION and a few from our other publications as samples.
How to Create Cognitive Reserves to Lower Risks and Effects of Neurodegenerative Disorders Dr Mehmet Yildiz
10 Bizarre Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me Tim Denning
The Direct Path To Happiness Lies In This Central Teaching Of Buddhism David Gerken
If You Give These Things Up Your Self-Image Will Shoot Through The Roof Ayodeji Awosika
And the Bourgeois Revaluation also needed a Happiness Revival Ellen Clardy, PhD
Higher Ed Just Broke Up with Me Beth Bradford, Ph.D.
Complexity is the Inherent Human Nature Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
When Will an Attractive Narcissist Make Contact After a Discard? Melissa Kalt, MD
Anticipation and Promises Dr John Frederick Rose
An Open Letter to My Partner of 29 Years Melinda Blau
Start Working for Yourself Now Bill Abbate
Why Toxic Leaders Only Get Short Term Results Wendy Scott
11 Things I Really Wish I Would Have Stopped Caring About Sooner Nicole Akers
Why Elon Musk Sold His Bitcoin Shares Out of Blue Illumination Gaming
Venomous Portuguese Man O’ War Found on Southern Beaches B.R. Shenoy
How to Make Money Blogging — Best Tips and Tricks Ben Tucker
For the Love of God, Stop Capitalizing on What’s Trending! Benjamin Carter
5 Life Lessons Learned Through Traveling Billy Kosko
Playstation 5: There’s Demand But No Supply. Illumination Gaming
What Superman Can Teach us About Temptation Brad Creech
Gin’s a Summer Tonic Brooke Ramey Nelson
New Jersey Major Fishing Sites 2022 Brooklyn Muse
I Just Saved $120,000 On College Tuition Building Arks with Jason Clendenen
Are Ads Coming to Medium? Caleb Naysmith
How To Create The Perfect Self Development Plan. Carel Kolchinski
This Voice In Your Head Is Holding You Back. Here’s How To Fire It. Carrie Kolar
Fork In The Road Cee Cee
5 Tricks Proven to Burn Body Fat You Should Copy Jessey Anthony
World food crisis: Putin’s strategies Annalisa Vibio
My Artistic Expression Annelise Lords
36 Tips for Asking a Woman Out from a Married Man Annie Wegner
Depression — You Are Not Alone In The Darkness Antonis Iliakis
It’s Time To Stop Hiding Behind a Pen Name Aql
Save 70% On Your Food Expenses While Saving The Planet Attila Vágó
This Is The Beginning Of A Great Dismantling Celine Lai
I wish I had Gone Self-Employed 40 Years Ago for Three Reasons. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Simple Tweet Made Uber’s First Employee A Billionaire Cheshta Mann
Do Psychoactive Drugs Really Do The Work of Healing They Say They Do? Christina Sophia
I Left my Heart in Pre-pandemic San Francisco CJ James
How to Get Over a Breakup in 3 Steps Claudia Caraulan
What I Like And What I Dislike In Human Beings Cristina Cattai
This Month’s Vocal Writing Challenge is Too Enticing to Pass Up Crystal A. Walker
The New Science Behind Ketones, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Flexibility D. A. Langley
Satire | Self Improvement Damian Clark
Three Steps to Melt Visceral Fat, Enhance Mood, and Lower Health Risks Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Great Migration: Nature’s Wildest Spectacle Deborah Camp
Nowhere Near Deena Thomson
Ready for Some Soaring Stats and Income? Start Commenting Desiree Driesenaar
The 10 Best Places to Live Safely When It Breaks Mayhem Devika Malik
Everyone Dies Divina Grey
The Friday Struggle Bus Don Martin
Improve Sleep in Ketogenic Diets and Intermittent Fasting in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Abraham Lincoln Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
Want to Become a Medium Member? Duane Michael
How to avoid burnout as a Developer Dylan Oh
Living Near Woodlands Linked to Better Mental Health in Children and Teens Ed Ergenzinger
How to Feel Secure When You Have No Security Elaine Hilides
Better and Worse Than I Thought Elizabeth Emerald
Want to Grow Your LinkedIn Network Organically? Do This Every Saturday Elizabeth Gordon
Everybody can develop a happy mindset Ella Heart
Why We Can’t Jump from Sad To Happy Elle Tey
10 Famous Books That Were Initially Rejected by Publishers Elvira Yuzbay
How You Suffer from Imposter Syndrome without Any Idea About It Emmanuel A. Anderson
I Feel Fine Eva Tomas Casado
Why Do We Humans Yawn? Fahim chughtai
Michael Cohen Spoke Out About Former WH Advisor Peter Navarro Floyd Mori
If I Could Choose To Work Anywhere in the World… Francesco Carrubba
Amazing Stock Market Wisdom from 1898 Gary Kerkow
Fiction: The Yellow Taffeta Dress Gerad Carrier
Violence at Home: Fear Of The Neighbor Terrorist Geri Spieler
Viral TikTok Video Shows Consequences Of Fast Fashion Grace Leverich
Jubilation Groupe Intellex
5 Solid Signs A Man Is High Value Growth Lodge
11 Creative Ways to Entertain Bored Kids This Summer Hannah Altagracia
A Dreamland Far in the Sky of Hope. Hardik Jain
On Our Way to The Queen’s Jubilee Harry Hogg
Curated Collection #134 ILLUMINATION
What Should You Know About Your Exposure To 5G Radiations ? I. Ramanab
Meet Joan Gershman ILLUMINATION
Hand-Picked Articles #113 ILLUMINATION Amplifier
My May Earnings (And Top Stories) Indigo
Ukrainian President Zelensky to Receive Ronald Reagan Freedom Award… and Not Much Else Ira Robinson
Do You Know the 4 Values of the Agile Manifesto? Iris B. Stehn
A Glimpse of the 33rd Century Altered My Perspective on Life. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Receiving Feedback: What to Take Out of it and Whose Words to Disregard ASAP Ivan Popov
Thrikkakara By-Elections in Kerala- What Is the Hype Jairam R Prabhu
Spirituality And How to Balance Life During Recovery James Boylan
Two Silly, One Very Good, and One Genius Solution to Stop the Mayhem Janet Meisel
Moving To A Foreign Country Isn’t Easy At Any Age. Is It Easier With A Partner? Janice Macdonald
Is The Lack of Confidence Holding You Back Janin Lyndovsky
5 Traits Of Marketing That Doesn’t Feel Like Marketing Jano le Roux
How to Be 10% Happier and Avoid Suffering Jason D Cooper
You Have Achieved Many Successes … So Why Do You Continue to Feel Like an Imposter? Jeannette Seibly
4 Kinds of Courses You Can Create from Just One Article Jeff the Content Coach
Divorce is a Sophie’s Choice Jennifer M. Wilson
Preparing Children for the World: Ten Valuable Lessons Jennifer Rosater
How Do You Manage Your Money When Your Income Is Irregular? Jennifer Thompson
I Still Insist On Two Stories or Less Per Day. Jeofrey Ogire
Your Best Competitive Edge, Customer Service Jerry Pompilio
Do I Need to be aPaying Medium Member to Write on the Platform? Jessica Rabel
8 More Writing Prompts JF Danskin
My Earnings Have Fallen Drastically Since March! Jo Ann Harris
Johnny Depp Did Not Win $15 Million. In Fact, He May Have Lost $2.3 Million Instead Joanna Henderson
My Best Post Happened after a Friend Forced Me to Live Joe Thomas
An Acronym That could Change your Life Forever John Adam Ledford
Not Captioning and Using Copyright Photos Will Lead to Rejection of Stories ILLUMINATION
Find Hope With These Featured Writers John Cunningham
Is Romance Dead? Johnny T Page
Why I gave you 49 claps Jonny Masters
Statistical reasons you should go to college Jørgen Steen
10 Authors Ray Bradbury Recommends You to Read Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
Get Fast Answers About Your Amazon Order Joseph Godwin
Do You Need Ko-Fi? Are You Thirsty? Julian Cosky
One Of My Oldest Friends Just Took His Life In An Airbnb Julie van Maanen
4 Creative Concepts for Perfect Productivity Justin Boyette
Here’s How I Defeated Brain Fog with Six Lifestyle Habits Decades Ago. Dr Mehmet Yildiz
It’s Not the Truth That Changes the Life, It’s the Habit Karl Walker
Childhood Katherine Myrestad
Have You Ever Heard of Antiwordle? Katie Churchward
3 Ways to Remedy your Social Media Addiction Keyshawn Shaahid
No, We Shouldn’t Arm Teachers Khadejah
Quaker Philosophies for Atheists Kim Baker
Spaghetti Bombs, Your Ticket to Freedom, Confidence, and Making All Your Dreams a Reality! Kimberlee Jakobe
How Antitrust Could use Big Tech to Curb Monopolies Kiran Mundy
5K Just Vanished From My Life Kit Campoy
Fallen KSHernandez
To Self, Or Not To Self (Publish) — That Is The Question Kurt Dillon
Two Simple Ways To Grow Your Wealth Lanu Pitan
There Are Things You Shouldn’t Do behind the Wheel Lawson Wallace
There are No Hidden Secrets to Medium Le Voir N. Lewis
How to Keep Your Integrity as a New Step Mom or Bonus Mom Lena Quinn
For What is in a Lover’s Dream? Lillian Esther
Having a Baby After You’re 35 Linda Osipow ~ Crazy, Almost Old Farm Wife
Spain Taught Me One Important Life Lesson Livia Dabs RN,MSc
How to write like a king ~ Stephen King ~ get rid of the TV Lorraine Posthuma
The Man Who Started the Largest Staffing Agency in the World From His Basement Luay Rahil
Nature’s Little Secrets Lucy Socha
My Second Month As a Writer On Medium Mad Machine
I Followed James Clear’s Morning Routine For 1 Week. Here’s What I Learned Marie Kester
Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Except Me Markus Scorelius
The Sky and the Petal Marlane Ainsworth
The Newest Overwatch 2 Map Has Been Revealed Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Dark Academia aesthetic inspo Marta Henriques
Do You Trust Your Intuition? How to Tell If You Should Mary Beth Hazeldine
The Meaning of Knowledge Meliha Avdic
There’s Nothing Toxic About Positivity Mary B
How to Set Yourself Up for Success: 8 Key Principles to Get What You Want Out of Life Melissa Chanthalangsy
How To Caption Wikipedia Images Michael Nagy
The Law Of Attraction For Skeptics (Like Me) Mike X
Black Sheep, White Sheep Misty Rae
Viral, 7%, Top Writer and 1500 Followers in 3 Days Mona Lazar
Finding Reason In Amendment II Michelle Marie Writes
Lower the Risks of Heart Disease and Strokes in Five Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Golfo Dulce Mona S Gable
I Decided to Quit My Decent Paying Job Because I Was Bored to Death Monika Velin
The Complete And In-Depth Detail of Metaverse Mustafa Pekcandanoğlu
Unreasonable N. A. Kazi
Elon Musk Feuds With Bill Gates Over Tesla Stock Shorting Napoleon
I Basically Got Paid to do My Weekly Grocery Shopping Today Sarah Willey
Papa Shawn Ingram
There is no such thing as a cat Sheila Crosby — Starlight guide
Writing About Money Makes Me Money Sherrell Writes
Internal & External Views Make a Shocking Difference in Earnings Shu Hasegawa
Is good conversation a dying art? Shubha Apte
When We All Want Something To Go Away — Economic Slowdown & The Viruses Shubham Bhardwaj
Fair Distribution of the U.S’s Net Worth Steve Devine
Taking The Summer Off Ms Fischer
A Momentary Diversion for a Day Stevenharrison
That Story You Just Wrote Sucks…and That’s Okay Stony Brooks
Powerful Ways To Change Your Life When You Feel Hopeless Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
10 Tips from World-Renowned Writers That Will Make You the Best Version of Your Writer Self Tarun Gupta
Motivation Is Not What You Need to Be More Productive Tavian Jean-Pierre
How to Absorb Books Above Your Reading Level in 7 Easy Steps Teronie Donaldson
The Search For Love Thesilkroads
Brilliant Investing Advice From The Greatest Minds Alive Thomas Herold
May Was my Best Month Yet! Nicole Dake
Dating and the Crumbs 🔴🟡Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue, Author on Amazon
Trying to Be Honest with Myself Øivind H. Solheim
5 Things That Help You Cope with Immense Grief Ossiana Tepfenhart
YAY — It’s National Donut Day! Pam Winter
Check Out These Publications Looking For Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry Submissions Pamela Kazmierczak
Black Man — 3/3 Papa
What Do You Want to Be Remembered for? Patricia Haddock
You don’t want a conversation Nasar Karim
Chasing Rainbows Paul Causey
6 Life-Enhancing Benefits of Playing Tennis Paul Goodman
Stuck in the Baja for 9 Days Pierre. Autistic & proud.
All the Things That Make It Harder to Move to a New Country Pratik Thapa
5 Things I Wish I Had Done When I Was In College Prince Verma
Breaking Down Company Financials — A Beginner’s Guide Rahul Kapoor
Books on Your Shelf or Books on Your Kindle? Ravneet Kaur
Drake lied to us with “All Me,” and here is why it’s perfectly fine. Riva Kajangu
Face Recognition Example Robert Shaneyfelt
Think and Grow Young Rosa Diaz
Book Clubs — One Minute Poetry Roxanne Barbour
But You Don’t Look Sick… Samantha Kemp-Jackson
A Tale Of Two E-Rickshaws Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
How Do I Use Slack To Get Reads? Tree Langdon
Without Where-When Ulf Wolf
How Emotionally Charged Impressions are Created? Utpal Kumar
What a Perfect Mental Health Day Looks Like Vanessa Sanchez
We Have Lost Our Common Thread Veritas Civis
7 Habits That Will Make You a Successful Writer Vishal Mehta
“I Need More Views. Please Click This Article” Matt Lillywhite
In Praise of (Good) Middle Managers Vlad Gogish
My Eight Songs I Want on a Deserted Island Wire Editor Newman
Can One Afford to Take A Break from Work? You, Me and Happiness
I Realized My Own Privilege When I Spent $600 on Baby Formula Zoey Hale
Thank you for reading these great stories.
Let’s welcome the new writers who join us today.
Rabenmutter, Impylse, Tiffany Gibson, Javad Luckey, Josh Gillard, Isobel Tynan, Divyam Shah, Luciana Wang, Cindy Bidar, Lori Dooner, Ash Rene, Jim Fields, Ian Francis, Medium Outcasts, Marie Tille,
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!
Riley McLynn, Clark Webb, Sam Warain, Javad Luckey, Christopher Grant, Jessica Frayne, Eric Teplitz, Chris Narvaez, Claudiu Baciu, inDriver Tech, Nikki, Michele Lynch, callie, Ion Georgian Andrei, Kawika Pegram, Dung Claire Tran, Ellen McRae, Pradnya Munghate, H. B. Clark, Liv Space, Candice Zakariya, Aamir, Gareth Willey, EduWriter, Visuals of My Visceral, Manali Jarząbkiewicz, Katelyn Wiltse, Goodhead Justice, Somaditya Roy, Ayushi Jain, Marsya Irdina, Husna Goomy, Kris K, Keith Kelley, Bhashwati, Ikraseker, Manisha Dhalani, Fred Achoru, Pen Magnet, Daniel Sullivan, Barry Silverstein, Salsam, Poornima Verghese-Ram, Guled Abdullah, Rachael Shaw, Dais Bergmann, Tristan Tell, Jabe Nobru, Etya Vaserman Krichmar, Balin Kruse-Williams, Gabi, Jenny Alexander, stecrin, Karen E Brewer, Leena Maria, Aleksandra Kunitskaia, Paul, Karen Vizzard.
The main point 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 #133.
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. However, 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.
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
Helpful Guides for All Contributors
Onboarding Pack for New Writers
New writers, please read this pack before submitting your stories.
Guiding Posts on our Publications
Publication-related stories can be accessed via this collection.
Meet Editors of Our Publications
Collection of Editor Bios
Introducing Writers Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Curated Writer Bios
Learn about contributing writers of ILLUMINATION written by their pen
medium.com
Updates from Euphoria by Dr Yildiz, owner of our publications
I Write about Health as It Matters.
Invitation to ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
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
Illumination Fiction Club
Invitation to Potential Writers
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