Look What Aiden Found Today Episode #1
My favorite stories plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on Medium
Dear Readers and Writers, as ILLUMINATION editor and ILLUMINATION-Curators have been very busy last few days, today I decided to compile this collection with a list. We apologize for the publishing delays, as some of our editors are on leave for festive reasons. Other volunteers are really working hard, but I invite you to be patient in these challenging times. We will eventually review and publish all your stories. Please keep in mind that we support 25K+ writers as mentioned in our Monthly Updates.
We are pleased that our special publication, ILLUMINATION-Curated, got recognized as a boost nominating pub. Here is How ILLUMINATION Publications Support the BOOST Program. However, we have another piece of good news.
I am also grateful that my little publication, ILLUMINATION Gaming, was chosen as a boost-nominating publication. I wrote about my goals and how I can help our writers in a story titled ILLUMINATION Gaming Is Part of the Boost Program Now. So I look forward to helping you.
ILLUMINATION-Curators compiled boosted stories in December so you might find some fascinating stories from this collection. I also chose to publish this collection on ILLUMINATION-Curated as our readers enjoy curated collections especially nominated ones by the community.
We are also excited that our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz, upgraded our publication accounts ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curators, as well as his tech account Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech), making them Friends of Medium. Reading from these accounts will allow writers to earn four times more. While curating stories, we read many stories from these accounts, so it will be great for writers. Details are in his story by Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Tech)
As you might have noticed, our senior editor Mike Broadly, DHSc joined the curation team and created new collections from his favorite stories that you may adore. He has amazing taste as an avid reader and has already created seven collections in such a short time. Please find his collections with the associated lists and share them on your socials so we can bring more readers to Medium.
ILLUMINATION editors introduce four great writers: Seda Anbarcı, Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi, Jozsef Kovacs, Davor Katusic.
You may check out their profiles and explore their fabulous stories.
We recently introduced a few more writers like Thomas Allen Moon , Omni Essence, Sneha Nagre, Sridhar Pai Tonse — Leadgen Coach- Tech Startups, Zondra Dos Anjos, Ani Vals, and Ammara Hassan.
Our editors enjoy stories and nominate them for these curated collections. You may check editor profiles in this collection.
I love reading writer biographies and curating them. If you write any please let me know so I can add them to my collection.
Daily List for Sharing — Volume 26
I volunteered to create a list of this collection. So you can easily share this collection on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, or Quora.
Let’s all engage in this list and at least tweet it so that more readers can find these stories. It is the purpose of these curated lists. We appreciate your wonderful support for these writers who pour their hearts and souls into these stories to delight you. Here are the nominated stories from avid readers today.
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION Writers Today
I start by self-curating my humble story as I never hit the top of these lists 😆Besides this nostalgic story close to my heart got only a handful of views most likely due to glitches on the platform. I don’t get disheartened as I am still a relatively new writer on this platform trying to build my audience.
As we mentioned before, these stories are nominated by volunteering editors (also writers and readers) on this platform, so the stories in this collection reflect their collective tastes. As a publication, ILLUMINATION keeps a neutral position for all published stories, and it is impossible to feature over one million published stories. But we will do our best to amplify as many great stories as possible almost daily from now on based on the availability of our volunteers.
Here are our wonderful and nominated stories today! I believe you will find something that will satisfy your reading needs.
How to Balance Cognitive Reflection and Impulsivity Using Rationality Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why “Readers Hope” Means So Much to Me as a Writer and Editor Mike Broadly, DHSc
You Can Build Wealth Without Doing These Overly Recommended Things Tim Denning
Adopted Kids Who Feel Worthless Stacey Patterson, J.D.
Cats and Copyediting: Using Illustration to Market a Book Mark Armstrong
What I Love About VALORANT Seda Anbarcı
Chewing on Dry Toast or Dripping with Flavor? Marie Grace, Ph.D.
Happiness, The Arts, and Neuroscience Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD
Will the Noise About the Climate Crisis Ever End? Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi
Good Habits are Great. Dr John Frederick Rose
How to Train Your Baby to Sleep Dr. Zia ur Rahman
5 Smart Strategies to Train Your Brain for Faster Learning Kristie Leong M.D.
Do Eating and Breathing Noises Drive You Crazy? There May Be a Reason Elaine Hilides
The World Laid Away — Spinning Fast — A Poem For Our Times Joanie Adams - Sightseer; Conjurer Of Words
Death Becomes Us All K. Joseph
Is it possible to love poetry? Pernoste & Dahl
How My Grandmother’s Legacy Goes Beyond the Wrinkles Gabriela Trofin-Tatár
How I Mastered 4 Essential Requirements to Become a Better Leader and Served My Clients Jozsef Kovacs
Our Family Trip to Beautiful Kalam Valley in Pakistan: A Tale of Beauty and Adventure Ammara Hassan
What’s So Wrong About Secretly Working Two Full-Time Jobs at Once Remotely? Luay Rahil
Time Rifts 32 — Thwarted Frank Ontario | empathy, logic, love.
Soulful Connections: Finding Meaning in Mammadou’s Childhood Letters Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Bowl Of Chili And A Cinnamon Roll Opened My Eight-Year-Old Eyes Rebecca Romanelli
The UN-Boosted Story Collection Worth Reading Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier)
The Truth About Being a Digital Nomad Stephen Dalton
Reflecting On A Particular Thanksgiving Memory In America As An Immigrant Bluesapphire
Tension Headaches-Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Your Health Master.
Another Claim About Federal Agents On January 6 Floyd Mori
I’m Setting Myself Up Not To Be Disappointed With Madden Yet Again The Sturg
The Truth About Gambling: Luck, Addiction & Loneliness Maria Marmo
Women Live Longer Than Men Based on the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide Sanjeev Yadav
What Song Am I Describing? Julie Handy
How Giving Begets Receiving Borut
Attention Is The New Currency — How Are You Spending It? David Tighe
Attention Is The New Currency — How Are You Spending It?
Time is your most valuable asset
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19 Writing Tips They Don’t Teach You in College Almar Tagara
Leading Rules of Everyday Life # 7 Alam
I Found Hidden Racknerd VPS Black Friday Promotions. Alexa Velinxs
5 Things To Do If Your Inner Voice Is Cruel Amna Fayyaz
You’re Not Failing. You’re Overwhelmed and Exhausted. Angelica Mendez
How I Changed Someone…With The Power Of My Mind! Anne Bellamy
Prompt — Who or What Measure Your Success? Annelise Lords
8 Pitfalls of Publishing Daily for 322 Days Online Annie Wegner
Cross-Pollinating Several Poetry Prompts Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
The Drought Walk Dr. Ali Hechmi Raddaoui
Parenting Horrors Auri Lynn Thomson
Losing My Job Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me Barb Besteni
Between Perfection And Failure Body Mind and Soul
Apathetic Echoes: How Indifference Fuels the Spread of Misinformation Caleb Ashley
How To Defy The World Chris Son
Be a Flower. Curated Perspective
My Dark Tour Dan Kadlec
Use These 10 Best AI Tools to Boost Your Business Danie Aslam
Digital vs. Paper Darlene López
My Plan To Rescue My Kids From Screens David Tighe
Why Envisioning Death a Few Minutes Daily Makes Me Livelier and Happier Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Why Some People Don’t Want to Have Children Ella Harris
Dear Israeli-Palestinian War Conflict: This Poem is For You Emily is typing...
The Boy and the Boundless Sea Fabian
A Utah Republican Congressman’s Current Message Floyd Mori
When Life Ends… JD Adams ~ Stories From the Mountain
Spiritual Awakening: Release, Receive, Remember, Rise! Infiniti 🦋
Stoic Quotes on Failure That Will Transform Your Perspective Ipshita Bose
Three Jobs That Can Be Terrible for Young People J. Andrew
What To Do When Insane Thinking From Days of Madness Returns James Boylan
Oh…So That’s Resilience! Jennifer Fox
Don’t Be Nice, Be Authentic Jijo George
The Exodus of Suffering: Sindhis and the Mass Migration of 1947 to India Kapil Bhatia
How To Stop People From Dumping On You Kingsley Asuamah
RIP Facebook Liam Hunter-Bailey
My chickens are molting lorijeancreative
Ditch the “Life À la Carte” Experience Maria Marmo
Good Lord! Martin Giles
The importance of not being too excited when making decisions Maximus
Practical Tips and Strategies for a More Organized You Maz Roselyn De Roxas, MBA
Finding The Centre Of The Circle Michael Holford
Insanely Short but Meaningful Article #15 Mind Morphine
That ONE Most Essential Thing Our Bodies Need Might Surprise You! Mind Morphine
6 Critical Aspects of Healthy Weight Management Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Gun Violence — American Exceptionalism or American Paranoia? Mohan Chellaswami
Watermarking’s Major Shortcomings. My Brandt
The Unrelenting ‘Spin’ of A Covert Narcissist Myla Morningstar
Several Peaks And Words Later, Why I Find Writing Is Harder Than Climbing Mountains Nalanda // Writer x Adventurist
You will Die Anyway Nathaniel Shaw
What I Read This Week — The Highlights Nicole Dake
#1 Poem: Of Loss and Longing Nivari
An Off-Season Journey to Kefalonia Nomadic Odyssey
The Banquet Patricia Ross
The 15-Minute Routine For Daily Productivity. Pen and Pixel
What Makes Stories Truly Memorable and Impactful and How to Craft Them Dr Mehmet Yildiz
A Few Thousand Steps Pooja Sharma
Carl Jung on Good and Evil, Light and Shadow Queen of Swords
When your idol starts bleeding, he has one more thing to teach you. Riccardo Valle
How to Overcome Anger to Achieve Emotional Stability Rick Allen
The Leftover Man. Robert Cormack
Push And Pull Signs Are Stupid Robert Kett
The Consequence Of Fear Is — Disappointment And Of Bashfulness Is Frustration: S.a.n.a.h
Young girl born with a peculiar attribute Sage Pen
Can Philosophy Illuminate the Path to Progress? SAJNANI
Amsterdam’s Foodie Paradise: A Millennial’s Guide to Rystaffel Sav Map
Why Entrepreneurship is Not For Everyone Sean Michael Lewis
Wealth Accelerator: Building Financial Success Shamaima Irfan
The Land of Enchantment Skye Howell (she/her)
Picking Trends is Easy. Picking Winners is Hard. Spiritworth
Four Simple Steps to Kickstart Your Meditation Journey Surekha Chandrasekhar
Read and Let The Ideas Shine On You SURYASH KUMAR
How to Stay Focused While Working From Home The Daily Updater
How to Start Managing Your Time in the Most Effective Ways! The Urban Tales
Have you ever heard about the “heaven” in Buddhism? Thomas Lam
TRUTH — A Heavy Weight Nation Was Created in 1776 Veritas Civis
Why Your Brain Loves Procrastination Wesley van Peer
Why My Habits Never Stuck and How I Cracked The Code Anshul Kummar
Be Careful When Reading People’s Success Stories Yiling Ong
5 Tricks I Used to Lose 40lbs This Summer Ted Moreno
Critical Race Theory and other garbage Yong Kim
Thank you for reading these beautiful stories.
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