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Robert Trakofler

The Luminous Man
Poetry and spoken word (A true story)medium.com

America Zed

Medium Poetry May Go Unrewarded
Changes on Medium could mean your poetry adds up to nothing.medium.com

Terry Mansfield

Our Magic Vaccine Is Coming
The tyranny will end someday.medium.com

Bridget Cougar

Fave Essays I Read Week Ending 10/17
Essays on flowers, endurance, food and racism, coyotes, a Beatles ashram, friendship, and dead fartsmedium.com

Oskar Tokarski

10 Apps & Extensions Every Student Needs
Boost your productivity with these toolsmedium.com

Vee Goldman

The Wonderful Lightness
Of Nothingmedium.com

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Amplify Your Medium Stories with YouTube
Use ILLUMINATION YouTube channel to create visibility to your profile and Medium storiesmedium.com

Debesh Choudhury

Durga Puja is a Family Reunion, Celebration with Friends and Relatives
But the festival shouldn’t overtake the rule of physical distancingmedium.com

Eshan Samaranayake

The 3 Tips For Managing Your Virtual Office
#2 Build the ‘3C’s’medium.com

Matthew Royse

Your Biggest Risk Is To Not Take A Risk
5 things you should think about when it comes to taking a riskmedium.com

Kavish Kamat (KK)

A Unique Uber Ride to Remember for Life!!
Humanity starts with YOU!!!medium.com

Abhishek Verma

Crippled
A Spiritual Poetrymedium.com

Khadejah Jones

My Hardest Work Never Matters
A poem on racism.medium.com

Amy Hartsough

How to Get the Most Out of a Mastermind
4 Tips to Help You Optimize Your Mastermind Experiencemedium.com

Filip Van Roy

Cry Me a River
Do you want a bullet in the head? A poem.medium.com

Floyd Mori

It’s Almost Too Late To Change Any Minds For The Elections
People are votingmedium.com

Jazz Parks

How Stoic Philosophy Changed My Life Forever
Learn to be content; accept the way things are — become your Best Self.medium.com

Kartik Nayak Deshmukh

Why should you try everything rather than working on specialization in a single career ?
Is it really worth to work on specialization.medium.com

Laura Izquierdo

5 Lessons from Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Lead the Change You Want to See
And live life on your own terms.medium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

Rushing at a Racetrack
Psychedelicsmedium.com

Kaitlyn

Before We Said GoodBye
Short Fictionmedium.com

NaNa’sworld

“Wish You Well”
Byemedium.com

Bhavna Narula

Here’s Why You Will Get Personal Notes From Me But Not Comments
What can you expect from a girl whose name itself means emotions?medium.com

John Green

Ode to Multiple Sclerosis
Thankful every day for my “illness”medium.com

Christopher Madsen

Discarded Beauty
a poem on losing confidence when faced with an opportunity.medium.com

Sachin Mishra

4 Lessons all Humans should learn from Ants
Even one of the smallest creatures is a teacher.medium.com

Andre Puddie

Behind The Monster
Never wanted to cause pain but sometimes we aren’t given a choice.medium.com

Sabah Ismail✨

I Quit a Job I Absolutely Loved
…and these are the powerful (and quite random) lessons I learned along the way.medium.com

Jax Hudur

How Best to Handle Stress in these Unprecedented Times
“Remember that stress doesn’t come from what’s going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what’s going on…medium.com

TanyaIv

My Anniversary Letter
Dear husband,medium.com

Gerald Gabel

Contempt
It’s not politics…It’s sickness.medium.com

anniewood

I Like the Dusk Best of All
I like the dusk best of all.medium.com

Myriam Ben Salem

How to Develop The Emotional Intelligence Skill ?
It is all about re-writing your subconscious program!medium.com

Arthur G. Hernandez

Should You Work for Someone’s Publication?
Or just create your own?medium.com

René Phongam, DPT

Unmasking COVID’s Impact: The Plastic Pandemic
Plastic pollution is piling up with nowhere to go.medium.com

Lynn Dorman, Ph.D.; J.D.

My Unconscious Sings To Me
and I listen~medium.com

Patricia Dillon

How to Use the KonMari Method to Declutter and Improve Your Life
Create joy by leaving toxic relationships behindmedium.com

Jim McAulay🍁

Opus 100
All my jokes from the last 100 days.medium.com

Liam Ireland

Fine Dining At Home Japanese Style
The secret of a long and healthy lifemedium.com

Bill Abbate

How Do You See the Power of Words?
The creative force in the worldmedium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

Sending Poison In The Mail Is So Polite
My First Reaction Was ‘You Go Girl’.medium.com

Alexandra Forsyth

Tarot Cards
A Haikumedium.com

Nasar Karim

Take away the sunsets
A poem for my mothermedium.com

Erik Ruof

The Sky Remains Blue Above It All
A poem about a higher perspectivemedium.com

The Everyday Poet

Anthem o’ the Shattered Heart
Just collect what you need and get
Yourself gone from here,medium.com

J M Mantium

Unfairness — Mindset
A mini poemmedium.com

Floyd Mori

Why Would Trump Want A Second Term?
He wants it badlymedium.com

Aurellia T. Elisha

The 4 Attitudes to Have If You Want to Achieve Your Goals
A one-year-old’s 4 brilliant tips to achieve your goalsmedium.com

Neera Mahajan

Are You Prepared For Your Authorpreneur Journey?
Authorpreneur demands a lot of preparation.medium.com

Emily Morgan

Making Leaders More Human
The case for humanities in a STEM-focused worldmedium.com

Kevin Buddaeus

Here Are 26 Free Training Courses To Develop Your Skills
Over 163 hours of free training material — SEO, Marketing, Data Science, Programming & much moremedium.com

Geetika Sethi

Don’t Get Lazy- It’s Now or Never!
Let my quotes uncoat you from withinmedium.com

Stuart Grant

The Faller of Giants
Sexual harassment is taking down the high and mightymedium.com

Agnes Louis

What Makes A Place Like Singapore So Safe For Tourists?
An expat’s observation.medium.com

Jack Holmes

Roe v. Wade
Why everyone’s talking about it, and a high-level overview of the case.medium.com

Christina M. Ward

Medium Makes Changes to Their Platform, Illuminating Individual Writer’s Expression
The integration of these changes should strengthen the reader’s connection to individual writers, but leaves many…medium.com

Brian Lamacraft

writing icomeWhy Fiverr is not the Best Site for a Writer
Fiverr is not worth itmedium.com

Jade-Ceres Violet D. Munoz

Moving on From Medium Publisher Rejections
How long should you wait before you try again?medium.com

J.A. Becker

What Grammarly Thinks of Famous Authors Will Surprise You!
Grammarly evaluates the greats, King, Steinbeck, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Browning, Twain, and so on — See how they score.medium.com

Roger Himes Esq.

Do We Compete in Wrong Ways? #8
Competition Is Usually Healthy, but We Need to See Who or What We Are Competing Against, and Compete in Correct Ways.medium.com

Vinita Ramtri

Alone, Not Lonely
A Poem On Learning to Love and Live With Yourselfmedium.com

Rebecca Blume

The Gift of a Compliment
Giving compliments empowers us to strive towards genuine kindness as we see our own strengths in the joy perceived from…medium.com

Yolanda Fleming

For the Love of Audiobooks
A List of Audiobooks that Made Me Happy to Sit in Trafficmedium.com

Bryan Dijkhuizen, BA.

Der Bodensee, the most southern German lake.
Lake Constance, or mostly from German untranslated Bodensee, in some languages Lake Constance, is a lake in the border…medium.com

Matt Reicher

Five Tell-Tale Signs that you are Getting Old
Views from the front seat of impending old agemedium.com

Sara Taki

Medium got me two paying jobs
This story is not about me getting two jobs. It’s about what every medium writer should keep in mind.medium.com

Jarrett Wilson

My Arsenal of Democracy
The Ordinance of Suffrage in 2020medium.com

Walid AO

I Started Writing as a Hobby but Suddenly Found a Passion Instead
An analysis of the past 4 months of writingmedium.com

Amy Hartsough

The Biggest Regret of My College Years
If I Had It To Do Over Again, There’s One Thing I’d Do Differentlymedium.com

Terry Trueman

Talking About the Shit They Want us to Talk About . . .And Not
A brief examination of the power of rhetorical questions . . .medium.com

Brian Lamacraft

So, You Want to Be a Writer?
Be a writing survivalist in a junglemedium.com

Zach Goreczny

Perform Well Externally by Looking Deep Internally
Lead Yourself Before You Lead Othersmedium.com

Agnes Laurens

Medium Changed Personal Profiles
Changes in our profile pages.medium.com

Shreya Badonia

5 Worst Mistakes I Made As A Writer
Some of them may be affecting your writing careermedium.com

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

I Don’t Like My New Profile; Do You?
My Medium profile changes reflect serious issues, impact and implications.medium.com

Roxanna Azimy

Europe’s Regional Languages Risk Dying Out
But is it worth trying to save them?medium.com

Dr John Rose

Applying AI to Group Collaborations.
Applying AI to my research in group collaborations. Sharing some poetic thoughts.medium.com

Karen Madej

Litter Mars Our Communities, Countryside, and Beaches
What are we doing about it?medium.com

Aldo Alberto Naef-Cruz Martinez

We Need To Talk. A Couple’s Guide For Better Communication.
This ten-point guide will help you strengthen your relationship. Learn to communicate with the love and respect you…medium.com

Jay Krasnow

The Eye Of The ‘Dishwasher’ Storm
The pandemic changed everything for me — not just how a repairman replaced a dishwasher for me.medium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

Becky’s Turtle Ran Away And It United A Town
An oxymoron personified:a turtle run away? Maybe a cat or dog, possibly a ferret but a turtle?medium.com

Alexandre Porto

Between Cats And Humans
What can we learn from cats?medium.com

Paul Abela, M.Sc.

Would Free Money Make People Happy or Lazy?
A Universal Basic Income is a policy whose time has come, but it’s not without controversymedium.com

EP McKnight, MEd

Nov 3, The Time to Breathe
Two Lines Strategy to Breathe Againmedium.com

uneditedstories

Reading, a constant well-being therapy
You should try it because it has zero side-effects and it’s not bitter at all.medium.com

Simon Spichak

Four Easy Ways To Supercharge Your Productivity
Unless you’re first stage booster, it’s not rocket science!medium.com

The Maverick Files

7 Writing Ideas for The Upcoming Week
First of my Sunday bulletins for writing ideas inspired by outstanding writersmedium.com

Jacquelyn Lynn

What Did You Start Doing During the Pandemic that You’ll Continue After It’s Over?
Many have developed new habits. Will they stick?medium.com

Bob Jasper

A September Thank You Note to Readers
It Was a Doggone Tough Monthmedium.com

Vee Goldman

The Rising Sun And Dawn Of A New Day
A Haikumedium.com

Gurpreet Dhariwal

Trip to Pakistan
I know who I am. I am not perfect. I’m not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I’m one of them. Mary J. Bligemedium.com

Dr. Ming

Is a PhD Degree Really Worth It?
According to the U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, advanced education is associated with a higher income. On average…medium.com

ILLUMINATION

Planning a More Useful Newsletter
Removal of newsletter ads from ILLUMINATION stories and providing ad- free articlesmedium.com

Jay Krasnow

A Sonnet For The Arranged Marriage
A poem to make you happy you got to choose your own mate.medium.com

Jayntajoy

My Perspective of China
I explain my experience with China after staying for 2 years.medium.com

Steve QJ

Make Your First Mark
The fragile nature of ideasmedium.com

Zen Michael

Be Calmer — While Cleaning Your Glasses
Discover simple ways to reduce stressmedium.com

America Zed

Callous Courtroom
Poetry of prejudicemedium.com

Myriam Ben Salem

Are We Emotionless If We Are Optimistic Despite The Pandemic?
What if we are secretely trying to save lives through our outlook?medium.com

Earnest Painter

A Creative Fellowship
When friends push each other in artmedium.com

Onur Inanc

3 Quotes by Stephen King That Will Boost Your Writing
Keep these in your mind as a writermedium.com

Sherrie Hurd Hyatt

Because of My Abuse, I Could Never Grow Up
What it feels like to be a sexual abuse survivormedium.com

Samarth Dwivedi

The Manufactured Famine of 1943
The value of human life has been reduced to a statistic, many times. In a pandemic or war — people become numbers. They…medium.com

Anthony M. Davis

What Happened to the Suicidal Girl and a Biker Gang
Unexpected encounters that could have ended life quicklymedium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

Experimenting with Psychedelics
Not very scientificmedium.com

Emily Wilcox

A Broken Kettle
A poem about perspectivemedium.com

Abhishek Verma

Like/Dislike
A Mental Health Poemmedium.com

Sajina Ignatius

Behind the Masks
Are we hiding?medium.com

Lena Le

Empty
Thoughts of the future.medium.com

Kimberly Thomas

Synergy
A poem.medium.com

Christina M. Ward

What I Learned as a Newspaper Columnist
After a year with a small-time newspaper, we went our separate waysmedium.com

Khadejah Jones

3 Unexpected Ways to Stay Excited on a Rainy Day
No more weather moods.medium.com

Aquila Nyakio

The 3 Main Qualities You Should Be Looking For In Friends Right Now
Great friends make life more colorful and vibrant — and cal last a lifetime.medium.com

Erin King

Network Like A Toddler And You’ll Be The Most Successful Adult In The Room
Share your toys and play nice to make connections in business and life.medium.com

Holly Kellums

Surrender To Swim
Principles of Recoverymedium.com

Kimberly Thomas

Afterthought
A poemmedium.com

Greg Barber

Desperate
A poem about text message relationshipsmedium.com

Keira Fulton-Lees

Bridge of Sighs
Poetry by Keira Fulton-Leesmedium.com

Iva Hotko

The Seed
Strength within you.medium.com

Aurellia T. Elisha

How to Run Away from Suspicious People You Meet Alone in Public
You have to think fastmedium.com

Megan Holstein

How to Have Life-Changing Insights Whenever You Want
All you need to do is get better at reading booksmedium.com

Neha Sandhir S

Rebirth Of Mother Earth
As she heals and rejuvenatesmedium.com

Jim McAulay🍁

Building A Bridge Hand Generator With Python Part One
Using importmedium.com

Liam Ireland

The Beginning Of An Adventurous Life
Looking back on the bright lights of human kindnessmedium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

You Need To Use Energy Thoughtfully
A New Planmedium.com

Aldric Chen

How The World Got Destroyed By A Winning Tortoise.
The Tortoise. The Hare. A World Destroyed.medium.com

Liam Ireland

How To Grow Your Following And Be A Success On Illumination
With a helping hand from the editors of Illumination and Illumination Curatedmedium.com

Greyson Alman

4 Traits That All Successful People Share
Success leaves clues.medium.com

Hari Sudhan

7 Hidden Traits of Highly Responsible People
#1 They prefer to be honest than goodmedium.com

the-writingelk

How I Got Torn to Feces — Inky I-talk, storytellers podcast.
I had to think this one through, long and hard. Do I share this with my friends or should I keep it to myself, in the…medium.com

Anysha Layne

The night the Angels sang
Over 50 years later, it still sends chills down their bones.medium.com

Gregory Reece-Smith

You Need To Take The Wheel To Steer In Your Direction
Your deeper connection to the creator is waiting to be discoveredmedium.com

Anggun Bawinur

Disabling My Instagram Was One of the Best Life Decision I’ve Ever Made
and no, I don’t feel like I’m left behindmedium.com

John Emmerling

Five Old Friends Create “Get Out the Vote” Cartoons
Fifty years ago we worked together at a legendary ad agency—today we’re using our talents in a different waymedium.com

Ed Newman

A Visit with Artist Susanna Gaunt on Her New Show at the DAI: Integument
I wanted to learn as many new mediums as possible. — Susanna Gauntmedium.com

Rose Bak

Don’t Let the Pandemic Ruin Your Halloween
How to have a fun holiday even if you can’t go to a party or take your kids trick-or-treating.medium.com

Ephraim Champion

Your Life Sucks
Here’s what you can do about it.medium.com

Justin Phillips

Yes, I Wake Up at 4:00 AM Every Day.
No, I Do Not Expect nor Encourage You to Do the Same.medium.com

Steve QJ

For All The Things You’ll Do Some Day
A poem to inspiremedium.com

Matthew Royse

What Matthew McConaughey Can Teach Us About Success
What I learned from watching the Academy Award-winner actor’s commencement speechmedium.com

Patricia Koller Sisson

Pausing at a Crossroad
How a California Girl Became an Unlikely New Englandermedium.com

Mario Lopez-Goicoechea

Living in a Multilingual World
The one about “ellipsis malaise”medium.com

Tamela Handie

Cathedral
A Poem About De~ri~sionmedium.com

The Everyday Poet

O Princess!
O princess of the great land
Why do you look so sick?medium.com

Sah Kilic

Breaking Down What Good SEO Looks Like for a Medium Article
My top article earned $2,852 and is #1 on Google.medium.com

Nanji Erode

Getting a Dose of Energy
A centina about staying conscious in the futuremedium.com

Marisol Consuegra

Bharatanatyam Dance
Bharatanatyam dance was created in Tamil Nadu, South India.medium.com

Vaibhav Kalekar

Why do I wander?
I take the same street everyday to and from work, walking past the centuries old Chicago Theater and the well lit…medium.com

ANGSHUMAN BHATTACHARJEE

Thanks for Planting the Seeds of Knowledge
To the world you maybe just a teacher but to me, you are a hero.medium.com

Vaibhav Kalekar

Rearview Cityscape
Once the buzzing in your head stops and you gather your thoughts and belongings to make sense of your surroundings and…medium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

I Was The Dumbest Guy In The Room For A Week
If there was any remaining confidence in my ability to answer Jeopardy questions in a timely manner, it was lost that…medium.com

Chuy G. Gonzalez, M.Sc.

On The Quiet Nights
Today in bed he realized, he’s got to stop making himself feel small in order to compensate for his corpulence.medium.com

Agnes Laurens

What If
Does it exist?medium.com

SharadKumar

9 Ways to Increase Web Traffic !!
There are many ways to increase web traffic; the most valuable of course is offering some ongoing and dynamic value…medium.com

Hunter Eskew

The Demon Pumpkin
A short horror story. The Halloween from hell.medium.com

Viraj Acharya

An Overview of the Octalysis Framework
A whistle-stop tour of gamificationmedium.com

Dr John Rose

Meditation: Creative or Innovative?
My Son’s Artisan Pottery Cup, triggered the question about the nature of creativity and innovation.medium.com

Jo Ann Harris

The Storm
A little girl’s true story.medium.com

Christopher Akinlade

Mentoring Writers From the Basics
These two great authors mentor writers from the first principles.medium.com

Evgeny Kim

I Don’t Care Anymore
Now is the only time we have. Don’t wait for when the pandemic ends.medium.com

Davidson Phil

Warning Signs of Your Mental Health Demise
Your progress in life has a lot to do with your Mental Healthmedium.com

Semi Koen

10 Things Nobody Told Me About Japan
Subtle glimpses into Japan’s hidden side — from a foreign resident’s point of viewmedium.com

ILLUMINATION

Welcome New Writers
Meet new writers joined to ILLUMINATION and ILLUMINATION-Curated todaymedium.com

Tom Handy

5 Youtube Secrets to Make You a Better Writer
Who knew this video platform also applies to your writingmedium.com

Brian Lamacraft

How to use Google Voice Dictation to Write Articles
Google Dictation helps you save time.medium.com

Walter Rhein

Small Changes Lead to Big Results
My new publishing concept in processmedium.com

Ashish Nishad

How to get rid of Bad Habits?
“Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.”medium.com

Ivette Cruz

Giving Love
poetrymedium.com

EP McKnight, MEd

How Injustice From A Warped Mold Equal Injustice
When Prosecutors, Judges and Police Union Join Forces To Suppressmedium.com

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Amplify Your Medium Stories with Facebook Pages and Groups
Use ILLUMINATION Facebook pages and group to create visibility for your Medium storiesmedium.com

Jacqueline Rich

Be Vulnerable. Expose the Best and Worst of You with Your Date.
I Came “Out of the Gate” with my Darkest Secret. No Regrets.medium.com

William (Dollar Bill) Mersey

Epstein V. Manafort
While very different people, they had one thing in common: I was their prison friendmedium.com

Nasar Karim

22 years
What it’s like when your closest friend kills themselfmedium.com

Oskar Tokarski

20 Things I Don’t Buy Anymore
Following zero-waste and minimalist way of lifemedium.com

Shawn Jr

Daily reminders for peace
Train your subconscious mind to be at peacemedium.com

Gary McBrine

7 Powerful Ways to be an Effective Leader
Some of them may surprise youmedium.com

Alihan Yılmaz

4 Valuable Life Philosophies That I Learned From My Psychologist
He gave me light on the way of life…medium.com

Patience Marshall

Beauty in the Storm
A Poemmedium.com

Tochukwu Okoro E.

Does It Ever Feel Like Someone Has Written About the Idea You Have?
Should you write about it or not?medium.com

Jani Nendl

This Is Why Starting Something Is So Hard
And Why Most People Quit Before They Beginmedium.com

Jess Tam

Quiet Forest
Haikumedium.com

Subhasisduttaroy

Dhadeecha Pratha : Renting Of Wives
We call our country India as Bharatmata (Motherland). We see our country as the female gender.medium.com

Rita Arosemena P.

Why The Law Of Attraction Is NOT WORKING For You
The only reason why it is so easy for me to manifest everything I want in life is that I vibrate at the same frequency…medium.com

PaulThomasMorgan

A Loving Letter to Jeff
Don’t forget your grandfather’s wordsmedium.com

Leo Guinan

Empathy is Overrated.
Family Political Discussions Suckmedium.com

Trista Ainsworth

Angels On My Path
Day 100: You are never alone on your journeymedium.com

Stephen Dalton

Book Review: Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
Ashley Bell is an excellent read, a book I could not put down. As cliché as that sounds it is true. I was a little…medium.com

Abhishek Verma

I Want To Touch The Sun!
A Poemmedium.com

Naouress Akrouti

Anonymous Employee Feedback-Designed to Stir Up Trouble
Leaders should think twice before opting for the anonymous employee feedback system.medium.com

Haley C. Cason

Made For, Has Become.
A Poem About Social Media, Don’t Judge Me; My opinion is changing.medium.com

Emily Buenting

Wake Me Up
A poem.medium.com

Stephanie Domrose

Personal Empowerment Isn’t Loud
And why ‘loud empowerment’ never worked in my intimate relationships.medium.com

Bill Abbate

How to Overcome Challenges in Your Life
Challenges in everyday life can strengthen youmedium.com

Ugur Sen

If you don’t have thousands of dollars for entrepreneurship, start here.
2 ways to start a business for free or for very little moneymedium.com

Sofiane Ghecham

The best teacher you could have
“Experience”medium.com

Nanji Erode

The Hitchhiker
A Centina for the prompt: Horrormedium.com

maurice blocker

Suffering
Sufferers unite
I know your misery
Pain a thief in the night
Stealing moments of delightmedium.com

Jayne Stevenson

Say A Little Prayer — The Nine Nights of The Goddess
Lighten your load, October 17 to 26, 2020medium.com

Jasmine Poulton

How Wide Is Your World?
A rumination on happiness and expanding consciousnessmedium.com

Jerren Gan

How Reading Fiction Helps You Learn About the World
Lessons we can all take away from reading more fictionmedium.com

Oliver Brunchmann

A Successful Career Is Not Just About What You Do But How You Do It
Practice fundamental ways to increase your odds of successmedium.com

Kelsey Jean Marie

How Stimming Can Save the World
An autistic practice you probably want to know more aboutmedium.com

Dr. Elizabeth John

How I saved 50% of my wage in a year.
The Savings Hack You Need To Do Right Nowmedium.com

Vee Goldman

Hold It Close To You
It may flicker, but never let it fade away.medium.com

John Green

Struggle
We all have times
To test us and measure our strength.
Some days there isn’t enough lift
Like today.medium.com

Terry Mansfield

I Survived U.S. Marine Corps Boot Camp ‘Shark Attacks’
USMC boot camp was extremely challenging, especially interactions with tough, no-nonsense Drill Instructors.medium.com

Emily Wilcox

The Boy Across the Bar
A poem about romancemedium.com

Lena Le

All the Time
Thoughts of you.medium.com

Haley C. Cason

The Choice To Be Here
A Poem about Existing, Reasons for Staying.medium.com

Valentina Colapicchioni, PhD

Profiles of COVID-19 Tests: Accuracy, Performance and Timing
Molecular tests, antigen tests, antibody tests, rapid tests, serological tests, PCR tests, viral RNA tests… do all…medium.com

John Emmerling

Sheer Insanity at Merrill—In the Matter of 9 Cents
As the economy stumbles a financial giant grasps at strawsmedium.com

Maria Cross

Raw versus cooked: Which diet is the most nutritious?
A raw, plant-based diet is cleansing, detoxifying, energizing and purifying, if the Internet is anything to go by. You…medium.com

Dayana Sabatin

The Secrets To Effective Time Management
Learn to beat work overload, be more effective, and achieve more.medium.com

David Kingsbury

Ten Life Lessons From A Record-Breaking Legend
Ten insightful Yogi-isms that capture profound ideas with charm and humormedium.com

Marijkemccandless

Holy Leisure
Written on silent retreat at the Zen Monastery Peace Centermedium.com

Lady Foxx

My Black Friday
Ramblings of a Girl Alonemedium.com

Ibukun Faleye

#EndSars — The Long-awaited Fight For Freedom In Nigeria
How a new Nigeria could be bornmedium.com

Amna Asif

Are Your Body, Brain, and Mind Connected?
Mental health disorders can kill you. Literally.medium.com

Steve QJ

How To Not Lose Sight Of What Matters
Productivity doesn’t equal happinessmedium.com

Tony Young, Jr.

Romantic without Being Sexual
There are so many ways to express your love.medium.com

Sharon Brandon (Readywriter59)

911 Terror Attack Anniversary
Never Forgetmedium.com

Amanda D.

Three Reasons why It’s Time to Stop with listicles
Listicles, or ‘List Based Articles’ are about as 2020 as you can get. Let them go.medium.com

Viktor Marchev

5 Ways To Be Less Frustrated While Working At Home
And how you can easily implement them to become better and more productive at what you domedium.com

Panos

J.D Salinger’s Top Writing Tips For Writers
Want To Write Like J.D. Salinger?medium.com

Miriam Slozberg

What You Need To Know About Chiron The Wounded Healer In The Signs
Think about the area of your life where you feel the most wounded. And, you are so impacted by what wounded you to the…medium.com

Louie Rahil, MBA

People’s Vision of the World is Flawed
They don’t know what they wantmedium.com

Imad

Qualia
Poetry prompt responsemedium.com

Kenan Kolday

The Meaning Of Double-Headed Eagle Holds Many Secrets
Learn to see the invisible behind the visible.medium.com

John Ross

I go to Barre3 at 8:00am because I’m Lazy
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