Look What Aiden Found Today Episode #4
My favorite stories plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on Medium
As I was prepping this collection, I wondered how to start this post, and my inbox suddenly chimed with an email flagged “important.” Lo and behold, it was an interview story by Dr Mehmet Yildiz featuring Luay Rahil, a writer whose tales often set the ILLUMINATION stage ablaze! If you’re a fan of viral stories, this interview is your golden ticket, so I’m putting it front and center in this curated collection.
And thank you for your comments on my melancholic story yesterday. I didn’t post an article to Vocal but instead invested my additional time in this curated list to find inspiring stories.
As mentioned before, since ILLUMINATION editors and ILLUMINATION-Curators have been very busy lately, I volunteered to compile some of these collections with an additional list as the media coordinator. We apologize for the publishing delays. Some of our editors are on leave for the festive season.
Other volunteers are working hard, so I invite you to be patient in these challenging times. We will eventually review and publish all your stories. Please remember that we support 25K+ writers, as mentioned in our Monthly Updates.
Talking of curated lists, our special publication, ILLUMINATION-Curated, now is a boost nominating pub You may learn about How ILLUMINATION Publications Support the BOOST Program.
In addition, 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 ones nominated by the community. Here is their treasure trove: Collection of Boosted Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated
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. I loved his new collection earlier today.
Please find his collections with the associated lists and share them on your socials so we can bring more readers to Medium.
Here are links to Mike’s collections: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7,
Our supportive editor, famous nutritionist, Elin Melaas, created her first collection earlier. Elin also created the Invisible Series.
ILLUMINATION editors introduced some great writers. You may check out their profiles and explore their fabulous stories.
Meet Seda Anbarcı, Meet Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi, Meet Jozsef Kovacs, Meet Davor Katusic. Meet Thomas Allen Moon, Meet Sneha Nagre, Meet Zondra Dos Anjos, Meet Ani Vals Meet Ammara Hassan. Meet Sridhar Pai Tonse — Leadgen Coach- Tech Startups Chosen Stories from Omni Essence, Editorial Profile of InYah
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 bio story please let me know so I can add them to my collection.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz reviewed an interesting book of Dr Emmanuel Ogamdi. If you are a book author, you may contact Dr Yildiz as he really does great reviews. He even wrote the foreword of my gaming book. Here is his great review today.
As mentioned a few weeks ago, I created a Discord server for our writers to collaborate and share their story links, so you are all welcome to join. We already have great fun there. It is not as big as our Slack, but it will be one day, as Discord is a lot of fun.
Ah, I almost forgot, ILLUMINATION introduced a new editor InYah, yesteray. So please check out her editorial profile. She is a lovely editor.
Daily List for Sharing — Volume 32
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
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.
The Glymphatic System: Traversing the Brain’s Detox Channels Dr Mehmet Yildiz
The Artistic Meaning of Images Within Images Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD
Seductive Science and Engineering: Decoding Big Food’s Hold on Your Taste Buds Kristie Leong M.D.
Tackling Obesity with New FDA-Approved Drug Zepbound Antonio Segovia, MD.
If You Eat a Healthy Diet, Save Your Money Because You Don’t Need Probiotics and Prebiotics David Mokotoff, MD
How Cholesterol Levels Impact Your Heart Health Dr. K P Vasudeva Rao
Future Doctors and Nurses Don’t Want to See Patients Dr. Julian Barkan
From Darkness to Radiance for a Path to Inner Sunshine Mike Broadly, DHSc
What Sets Successful People a Part of the Rest? Dr Abdel M.E
3 lessons I learned after I made a career change…after 10 years. Gertrude Nonterah, PhD
Which Type of Intermittent Fasting is Best for Weight Loss and Health? Matt Williams-Spooner, Ph.D.
No Need for Philanthrocapitalism, Serving Others’ Needs Is Already Built into Capitalism Ellen Clardy, PhD
Word Weavers Unite Marie Grace, Ph.D.
Got a Fix on God? Fuhgeddaboudit Cedric Johnson, PhD
Confusion: Forgetfulness, Losing Track and Blank Spots in the Land of the Aging Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Despicable Notebook. Dr John Frederick Rose
The Aubergine Snack Dr. Preeti Singh
A Cooling Poem Joanie Adams — Sightseer; Conjurer Of Words
Dancing Inside Pernoste & Dahl
Can We Ever Get Over The Loss Of Someone We Love? Rebecca
The Launch of Survival Intention Annelise Lords
Describing the Human Predicament: The Sun, the Clouds and Us David Gerken
Stepping Away From Our Collective Field of Fear Rebecca Romanelli
New Years and the Value of Anti-Resolutions Sean Kernan
The Idea of Hustle Culture Is a Scam. Stop Getting Lied To. Tim Denning
You Can’t Have Work-Life Balance if You Want to be Extraordinary Ayodeji Awosika
Monster Managers: Toxic Cultures and Tortured Workers (Part 1) David B. Grinberg 🇺🇸
About Me: Growing Up, My Sweet and Sour Multi-Cultural Adventures ✅ Doc Samurai Sam
Time Rifts 33- Lost inside 12-Minutes Frank Ontario | empathy, logic, love.
Poetry Balances Me Out With The Other Roles I Play In This Life Kevin Kaczmarski
A System of Ideation for Content Creators Zacc Rowlands
An Old Dog Learning New Tricks Liam Ireland
“Carpe Diem…” Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Exploring the Depths of Human Fate Through “One Hundred Years of Solitude” 2bebetter
A Guide to Navigating Countries Changing Their Official Names Seda Anbarcı
When the Sunflower Desired the Sun Ani Vals
Take Mistakes as A Step Ahead Abubakar Writes
I Want To Fast, But I Have FOMO AGRoberts
Broken Ankle to a Stronger Heart Amir Bibi
Rockstar Games Has Just Announced the Reveal for GTA 6 Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
Our Children Need Equal Dignity Aline S.
Stop Setting New Year’s Resolutions Alma Thurber
A Perfect Night Skin Care Routine Ammara Hassan
5 Ways To Invest In Yourself Almar Tagara
Rod Ferrell “Vesago”: King of The Vampires And Slayer of Men Alphonse JW
That Grateful Thing America Zed⚡
Seven Reasons Sunflower Oil Is Good For You & Why You Should Use It Ange Dim
The Longer My Career, The More Clarity I Have Anna Burgess Yang
Trimming the Fat Anna Juhász
I tried “Cliqly” Email Marketing so you don’t have to! Anni Y.
History of Hedy Lamarr Bill Petro
Serial Story Review “Timbre’s Tapestry” Chapters 7 And 8 Block Wife
What I Did Not See Coming When Radically Transforming My Life Bluesapphire
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf Carl Westerby
The one question to ask yourself when you know you are in an abusive relationship. Cecilia Williams
When Politics Gets ‘Ratty’ Charlene Ann Mildred
A Closer Look at Socioeconomic Barriers Chloe
Whispers from the Ages Unveiling Time’s Secrets CJ Coop
I Don’t See Color CJ Johnson
The Trailer for the Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Officially Here Aiden (Illumination Gaming)
If You Only Had 5 Weeks to Spend With Someone Would You? Colleen Sheehy Orme
Awful Bosses are Great Teachers Craig Youngkrantz
Master 4 Powerful Strategies To Stop Caring What People Think David Tighe
The Magic You’re Looking For Can Be Found In The Hard Work You’ve Been Avoiding David Tighe
Excuse Me While I Put Up My Christmas Tree Dawn Marie
How I changed my life in 24 hours Deni Sahaya
A Step-by-step guide to landing your first ghostwriting gig Deni Sahaya
The Art of Selling Cheap: When Apple Sold Products for Less Than $1 Denis Avguštin
I Had The Wrong Impression About Corporate Retirement Tser Dennis
How To Generate Sales With Affiliate Marketing! Deon Christie
Top 5 Reasons Why You Need To Go On A Retreat Diana Gold
The day when I lost Someone Divyanshi Mishra🦋
What If You Have Hypoxia or Hypoxemia? Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Dadaism: Artists and Collections Ella Harris
My Friendship Group Is Shrinking, And I’m Torn Between Panic And Content Ellen "Jelly" McRae
Reflections on Heartbreak: The Unseen Ripples of Pain Eram Siddiqui
100 Days of Meditation — This is what happened Evolve with Mark
We are not Sisyphus Fabrizia Scapinello
A Conservative Author Criticized Three GOP Candidates Floyd Mori
Life Goes On & her ocean
Good Deeds Won’t Save You Following God
Six Sneaky Ways to Make People Crush on You Gabe Araujo, M.Sc.
The Art of Presence Gary Kokaisel (Pixel Floyd)
How Decision-Making is Like Driving a Vehicle Gaurav Jain
From Diary, 1997 Harry Hogg
My Nineteenth Poem : The Echoes of Forgotten Stars Hasnain A
From Best Friends to Strangers :A Gradual Loss of Trust Hidayatullah
How I Re-Wired My Brain to Enjoy Doing Hard Things Hudson Rennie
Thoughts on Anna Karenina Idzard
Why Do We Care Or Do We Pierre. Climate change & solutions.
The Unbreakable Bond: Exploring the Beauty of Sibling Relationships Imran Nazir
Cracking the Code of Longevity: Lessons from the World’s Oldest Person Jannick Olsson
Digital Detoxing: How to Unplug to Recharge Your Mind Javad Oftadeh
Sorry, Elon, You Are Joking, Aren’t You? John Welford
Thanksgiving Spirit Is Getting To Me John Whye
Failing Forward: Lessons from the Classroom Josh Hinton
He knew it would cost him. Julie Handy
The Impassiveness of Passive Income JY Tan
Run and Run towards the woods in the wilderness Kallol Mazumdar
3 Productivity Myths Unveiled: How I Got From Busy to Healthy Efficiency Karina
Here’s how to stop caring what other people think of you Kashi Writes
Your Life Will Begin When You Stop Blaming Kelly Crawford
Documenting as You Go: The Empathetic Way to Share Your Work Kevin Horton
Problems Will Not Go Away, so do not Freeze like a Deer Caught in the Headlights Lawson Wallace
Are you a snob? Lorraine Johnston
50,000 Words on Medium in November Meghan E. Gattignolo
The 3AM Nightmare: Finding Peace Amidst Panic Attacks Manish Dangi
5 Dividend Stocks Worth Considering Marcus Tan
Money Manifestation on Autopilot 🌀 Marko Eickholt 🌀
How healthy is turmeric? Evolve with Mark
Here’s Why All Freelancers Should Niche Down In The Beginning Maya Sayvanova
Let Me Off This Ride Melissa Gray
Finding His Own Way To Communicate Michael Holford
Stop Treating Anger as Your Enemy Miriam Rachel
mart Passive Income Business Ideas MRCOLLINSFX
Biden’s $16Billion Investment in Amtrak Ms. CAPM
Embracing Change: My Incredible Life Transformation Netta D.
Life’s Funny Like That, Isn’t It? Øivind H. Solheim
Here are 3 Types of Procrastination — What’s Your Type? Priyanshi Singh
“The Allure of Thrillers and Mysterious Books” Rubbasmehboob
12 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Self-Esteem Ryan Miller
Avoid Making Friends With A Miser Because — He Will Run Away From You When You Need Him Most: S.a.n.a.h
A Colourful Butterfly Or a Crusty Old Moth? Sal Gallaher
Breaking Free from the Craving for Attention Sankari
Why You Shouldn’t Leave Your Job for a Writing Career Right Away Selen Kucukarslan
Behind the Mask Shamaima Irfan
Eternal Oceans Shamaima Irfan
The Season Of Saffron (Short Fiction) Shuvo Shams
3 Life Advice That Does More Harm Than Good Sobaan Saeed
Accepting The Worst Of Yourself Spiritualfreak
OMG!! Is this happening again? When will this end? srinivasan Metta
The mass outsourcing of child (& adult) development Stefan Glover
The Skinny on Fats Steven Anthony
Diwali, the Great Indian Festival of Lights, Love and Magic Surekha Chandrasekhar
Kremlin Furious! Russian AI Generates Images of Putin in His Birthday Suit Susie Kearley
Unlock the Secret to a Restful Night’s Sleep with This Genius Hack Talya Adams
Is Alcohol Holding You Back? Thomas Morison
Adidas CEO Gets Rumi’s Counsel In Sneaker Predicament! Tim Dahi
Frédéric Thomas: The Biologist Who Starved for Science Tom Kane
I Hate That My Son Beat Me At Chess Vuyo Ngcakani
From Boiling Point to Turning Point: A Love Rebuilding Guide Wesley van Peer
From Boiling Point to Turning Point: A Love Rebuilding Guide
What to Do When You Screw Up
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What to Write About When You Start a Newsletter? Wesley van Peer
10 Life Lessons I Wish I Learned Before My Thirties William
Games William S. Willis
I Lost Another Medium Friend Today Yana Bostongirl
Affirmation Walking Zach
Let’s Get Married ZenCozyBooks
The Reason You’re Stuck In A Rut And How To Escape The Dangerous Cycle Ziara Allman
The Lost Art of Knowing: Why the GOP Can Only Sell Belief John Worthington
I’m Putting My Older Brother in Prison Charlotte James
Four Noble Truths of Buddhism | Find The Origin | Samudya (समुदय) | Sensitive Ears tarun bhatt
The Mind of the Walking Philosopher Warren Brown
Israel Makes “Palestine Free, From the River to the Sea” a Reality Lester Golden
Have you ever failed？ tim8888
The Day When I Saw a Social Worker Training Himself as a Beggar Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Thank you for reading these beautiful stories.
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