Illumination Challenge: Top 5 Articles (Slightly Altered)
I’m finally getting around to participating in an Illumination challenge but I’m afraid I’ve bent the rules
I was recently tooling around on Illumination getting caught up on my reading when I came across this article by P.G. Barnett.
In it, he answers the challenge from Dr. Yildiz to post his own top five articles and why he chose them.
Since I have a few minutes to spare, I thought I’d get my own list together so I can also participate.
I got going on posting my most helpful articles, but as I was putting the list together, I realized I needed to present it differently. I realized that the posts I wanted to share don’t really fit into the “Top 5,” framework.
So I’m going to cheat because there are clusters of articles that go together, one leading to another that work best in tandem and I want the full benefit of the groups to be available.
I’m offering these groupings of articles together so if anyone wants to explore further they don’t have to comb my feed for complimentary information.
I apologize in advance if this offends anyone, if it seems like a cheap ploy for views, or if it comes off as cheating but I really couldn’t just pick one article per category because, well, you’ll see why…
So without further adieu, here are what I consider my most helpful articles in relevant groupings:
Food/Cooking:
These are all about the kitchen and how to make life easier in that area. In my mind, it’s the number one thing you can control to improve your circumstances.
Learning to cook can be life-changing; it can transform your health, finances, and happiness. Food can be a source of joy or misery, vitality, or illness.
It’s something that people avoid because they’re intimidated by the thought of it. They think delicious, healthy food has to be complicated and expensive. Another problem is not having the right equipment.
People perceive cooking as something magical that other people can just do. I’d like to demystify the process so more people can be empowered to try.
It is a skill like anything else, it can be learned and mastered with practice. Once you realize that, it becomes very doable.
So to that end, here are four articles that cover four different issues:
Writing:
I’ve only written two articles about writing, but these revelations have worked wonders for me.
I’m sharing them because these strategies have increased my article output significantly and have taken many of my articles from languishing with only a few views to getting many thousands more. Some of my most well-performing posts thus far have come from using the methods in these articles.
I’m posting these in hopes that they will also be valuable to you:
Self-help:
These are the articles that I’ve had the most positive feedback from. The ones that people have indicated have been genuinely helpful and the ones that I think offer the most benefit:
Whether they offer practical tips for healing, validation or advice that works, these are the articles that I’m most proud of because, from the responses I get, they seem to be the ones that have done the most good:
So there is the list of my most helpful articles in relevant groupings.
I hope that everyone who has taken the time to look at this post can find at least one thing of value and something that can help make life a little easier and lighten the load.
Thanks so much for reading!
If you’d like to read more articles that uplift and enlighten, join us here on ILLUMINATION. Why not write for us? Bring your talent, courage, and insight. Share your story and let’s do something great!
As I’ve just written an article full of articles, I’m going to post a few author introductions here in case you want to check out some of the other authors in our Illumination family. There are so many wonderful writers to choose from, this is just a tiny sample:
