Featured Stories Issue #51
Selected stories from 9,400 writers supporting 93,600+ readers on ILLUMINATION
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Please enjoy our fresh stories.
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Followers Don’t Mean Anything On Medium Anymore
A false metric for gauging successmedium.com
Britni Pepper
You Don’t Know Shi*t About Anything
You Don’t Know Shi*t About Anything
And here’s whymedium.com
Thewriteyard
Coincidence or Fate?
Coincidence or Fate?
A series of incidences in my life which have astounded memedium.com
Dr. Gregor Scheithauer
Focus on Risk-Takers to Make Your New Idea a Success
Focus on Risk-Takers to Make Your New Idea a Success
Learn Which Strategies and Factors Highly Influence Innovation Adoptionmedium.com
Agustín Muñoz-Sanz
It is on Earth, not on the Moon, Where the Actual Problems Are.
It is on Earth, not on the Moon, Where the Actual Problems Are.
But, if you look at the Moon, do not forget from where the finger points.medium.com
Daniel Asuquo
Stronger
Stronger
Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create bad times, and bad times create strong men. —…medium.com
Elle How
Forests of Wonder
Forests of Wonder
What happens in the minutiamedium.com
Vincent Cardella
My 22 Month Long Issue Is Finally Resolving Itself
My 22 Month Long Issue Is Finally Resolving Itself
How I became unified in my decisionmedium.com
JacquelineTV
The Letter That Matters #1
The Letter That Matters #1
Dear All,medium.com
Harry Hogg
The Notebook
The Notebook
When sometimes one line will domedium.com
JJ Sum
Let’s Vibrate! Higher!
Let’s Vibrate! Higher!
Today, I have learned about the importance of being in a higher vibration. I was uncertain what this exactly means so I…medium.com
Chandrani Anantharaman
Why Are You Irritable? Simple Ways to Overcome It.
Why Are You Irritable? Simple Ways to Overcome It.
Overcome that niggling feeling of irritation by taking these simple steps.medium.com
Dhanaraj Natesan
How To Break A Bad Habit Chain
How To Break A Bad Habit Chain
How to stop a bad habit (nail biting )medium.com
Geetika Sethi
The Secrets to Stay Alert And Not Anxious!
The Secrets to Stay Alert And Not Anxious!
Are you an anxious overthinker? If so, then people will believe that you suffer from anxiety!medium.com
Samantha Lazar
Feeling Stuck? You’re Just Marinating!
Feeling Stuck? You’re Just Marinating!
Three simple ways to refill that idea wellmedium.com
Phil Truman
Readers, You can Beta on It
Readers, You can Beta on It
Your guaranteed 100% chance to win a bookmedium.com
Akis Apostolopoulos
Why Everyone in Europe is Freaking out over the SuperLeague
Why Everyone in Europe is Freaking out over the SuperLeague
Talks of a Super League have been in the making since the 1990smedium.com
Eric Sutherland
Pandemic changes with people staying at home and going out less
Pandemic changes with people staying at home and going out less
Businesses are taking drastic steps to sell their productsmedium.com
Rice & Beans
Why We Need Police To Be Neighborly and 3 Ways To Achieve It
Why We Need Police To Be Neighborly and 3 Ways To Achieve It
We don’t need you to be our savior. Be in community with us, and know us.medium.com
Scott Coleson
How We Used Cash Back Apps To Pay For Travel
How We Used Cash Back Apps To Pay For Travel
You’re already shopping, why not get paid for it?medium.com
Sam Davies
How to Turn $300k into $2 Billion!
How to Turn $300k into $2 Billion!
How to Invest in Startups and see amazing returns:medium.com
Nikola Ojdanić, Ph.M.
The №1 Reason Why You Should Exercise
The №1 Reason Why You Should Exercise
You probably won’t guess what it is!medium.com
Black Coffee
Only fans? Why the hate from men
Only fans? Why the hate from men
OnlyFans.com has been getting a lot of attention of late as a way for men and women, mostly women, to supplement their…medium.com
Gippolito Ndp
So It Turns Out Size Really Doesn’t Matter At All
So It Turns Out Size Really Doesn’t Matter At All
Tent size, that is. Specifically, the allegedly huge size of the Republican tentmedium.com
Nicol Valentina
Imperfectly Perfect Together
Imperfectly Perfect Together
Love Defying Adversitymedium.com
Janice Arenofsky
Did the Right Thing
Did the Right Thing
Cop is guilty on all three countsmedium.com
Samedra Carter
Poem: Lingerie
Poem: Lingerie
I N V I T I N Gmedium.com
Viggy Hampton, MPH
Want to Know the Secret Ingredient for the Best Workplace Ever?
Want to Know the Secret Ingredient for the Best Workplace Ever?
It’s something easily overlooked but crucially importantmedium.com
L.D. Burnett
Restoring Your Writing, Lesson Two: Fix One Thing at a Time
Restoring Your Writing, Lesson Two: Fix One Thing at a Time
Instead of envisioning the completed draft, work on addressing one problemmedium.com
Amy Culberg
The Women Behind the Boobs
The Women Behind the Boobs
If breasts could talkmedium.com
EJY
Flushing Public Toilets could Result in the Spread of Coronavirus.
Flushing Public Toilets could Result in the Spread of Coronavirus.
Find out The One Thing You Should Never Do After You Flushmedium.com
Noah Nelson
Why “Wizard of Oz” Remains My All-Time Favorite Movie
Why “Wizard of Oz” Remains My All-Time Favorite Movie
Take your own Yellow Brick Road.medium.com
— Rainna
That Important Day At Work Was The Day It Taught Me About Self-Discipline
That Important Day At Work Was The Day It Taught Me About Self-Discipline
I forgot the most prominent and essential thing for work, and I have some tips on practicing self-discipline.medium.com
Jennifer McDougall
How Thinking Like A Kid Can Overthrow Writer’s Block
How Thinking Like A Kid Can Overthrow Writer’s Block
Be Spontaneous, Have Fun, Be Absurd…and Get Writingmedium.com
Steven Acree Jr.
How to Ensure You’re Not Left Out of the NFT Craze
How to Ensure You’re Not Left Out of the NFT Craze
An easy step by step guide to help lead you into the next revolution.medium.com
Bob Jasper
Companion
Companion
My best friendmedium.com
Paul Coogan
TikTok Is Just a NAB Cart
TikTok Is Just a NAB Cart
What is old is new againmedium.com
Dylan Lief
3 Ways To Be More Present.
3 Ways To Be More Present.
Be So Present You Cannot Remember What You Just Read.medium.com
Tyler Piteo-Tarpy
Explaining American Foreign Policy (Part 1)
Explaining American Foreign Policy (Part 1)
On the Rise of Liberal Idealismmedium.com
Angela Levine
5 Lightbulb Moments That Became Brilliant Business Ideas
5 Lightbulb Moments That Became Brilliant Business Ideas
By inspiring leading entrepreneursmedium.com
Juliano Righetto
How I Survived a 19th Century War
How I Survived a 19th Century War
I learned to ride a horse during combat!medium.com
Rosa Diaz
Can You Really Have Fun in the Sun?
Can You Really Have Fun in the Sun?
The sun’s ultraviolet rays can harm the skin below the surface and experts say there is a repair process…medium.com
Patricia Haddock
Working Too Hard Makes Your Brain Work Harder
Working Too Hard Makes Your Brain Work Harder
How find balance and create boundaries for overall well-beingmedium.com
◦•●Christina M. Ward ●•◦
By the Time the Irises Bloom; an Ekphrastic Poem
By the Time the Irises Bloom; an Ekphrastic Poem
#NatPoWriMo day 15medium.com
Jesse M. Gonzalez
for Your City
A Poem for Your City
A Poemmedium.com
Tyler Piteo-Tarpy
Explaining American Foreign Policy (Part 2)
Explaining American Foreign Policy (Part 2)
On the Futuremedium.com
Keri Mangis
An Ayurvedic View of the Emotions
An Ayurvedic View of the Emotions
They’re manifestations of the Five Great Elementsmedium.com
Gary Buzzard
Secret Pilot
Secret Pilot
A dream.medium.com
Chelsey Burden
Self-Forgiveness for the Klutz
Self-Forgiveness for the Klutz
How a single word can dispel the shamemedium.com
TammyTierney
Hey Boss: This daily practice can make you a better leader
Hey Boss: This daily practice can make you a better leader
New research shows how to bring your best self to workmedium.com
Isaiah R. Hicks
Where Have You Been?
Where Have You Been?
1.
What do you remember?
Waves curling up at your feet
And receding with that Atlantic inhale.medium.com
Sapna M
I’ve picked up my pen
I’ve picked up my pen
now let the transformation begin…medium.com
Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Coping by Organizing
Coping by Organizing
a tiny poemmedium.com
Mia Z. Edwards
The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China
A marvelous wonder of the worldmedium.com
Ben Ho
How to Expand Your Unique Talents by Emerging Out of the Shadow
How to Expand Your Unique Talents by Emerging Out of the Shadow
Get out of the darkness and grow in the lightmedium.com
Barbara Dalton
My Love/Hate Relationship With Fitness
My Love/Hate Relationship With Fitness
Fair, fat and fifty. A note to myself on getting back into the habit of exercising.medium.com
Anthony Jackson
I Gave My Everything
I Gave My Everything
A breakup poem.medium.com
Alex Ghaznawi
3 Smart Money Moves That Can Help You Build Financial Stability
3 Smart Money Moves That Can Help You Build Financial Stability
Effective ways to save, invest, and build wealth for your futuremedium.com
Terry L. Cooper
Because You Weren’t Paying Attention
Because You Weren’t Paying Attention
March 2021 Editionmedium.com
Aldric Chen
5 Undisclosed Secrets To Become Unbelievably Sharp At 03:57 Hours In The Morning
5 Undisclosed Secrets To Become Unbelievably Sharp At 03:57 Hours In The Morning
Because life is short and we have to accomplish 1,000,000 things before we expiremedium.com
Paula Bramante, PhD
Breakfast with Billy Collins
Breakfast with Billy Collins
Parasocializing with poets and writers can revitalize your mindmedium.com
Kaori Mitsui
My 5 Routine Topics: Humor, Writing, 3D and AI, Health, and Life Experience
My 5 Routine Topics: Humor, Writing, 3D and AI, Health, and Life Experience
Creative ideas from Kaori Mitsui — 5 reasons why I’m writing about themmedium.com
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 21
Day Tripping: April 21
Captured, Misled, and Discoveredmedium.com
Chris J. Kowalski
Chauvin Trial: Was His Conviction Justice Or Vengeance?
Chauvin Trial: Was His Conviction Justice Or Vengeance?
Does it even matter any more?medium.com
Riri Rites
Why I Think I Love Toxic People
Why I Think I Love Toxic People
The illusion of stories and shared opennessmedium.com
ABINAS JAGERNAUTH
Have You Ever Received a Rejection From a Medium Publication?
Have You Ever Received a Rejection From a Medium Publication?
I did, and I also withdrew two submissions from two other publicationsmedium.com
K.B. Hubbard
One Highly Effective Way to Handle Arguments in Your Relationship
One Highly Effective Way to Handle Arguments in Your Relationship
How to disarm a disagreementmedium.com
James Gwynne
How To Survive 12 Months On Medium
How To Survive 12 Months On Medium
I’ve just done it, so can youmedium.com
Amy Marley
The Fate of Glyphosate
The Fate of Glyphosate
The time is NOW to untangle the corporate pull on our healthmedium.com
Shajedul Karim
People Get Mentor Wrong. Hopefully, You Didn’t.
People Get Mentor Wrong. Hopefully, You Didn’t.
Here’s how you completely rock at this.medium.com
S. Viktorie Chladova
How Not to Start a Business
How Not to Start a Business
Business advice from a failed entrepreneurmedium.com
Marcus
Life is a school for the soul and in each reincarnation, we are spirits learning how to be both…
Life is a school for the soul and in each reincarnation, we are spirits learning how to be both…
Humanity is spiritually ill. We have created a system that favors attachments over spirituality — a system that values…medium.com
Agnes Laurens
Shrunk Head
Shrunk Head
Tight up muscle
Point inside
The backmedium.com
Patrick M. Ohana
Ange
Ange
“Les Longues nuits d’Isaac”medium.com
Ivette Cruz
Love Is…
Love Is…
Shout it out loudmedium.com
W. Cahraman
The Music In The Attic
The Music In The Attic
Short Storymedium.com
Vee Goldman
Paperwork — An Ode
Paperwork — An Ode
The Never-Ending Growing Pilemedium.com
Bryan Dijkhuizen
Why Are Millennials So Obsessed With Plants?
Why Are Millennials So Obsessed With Plants?
There are more than just environmental reasons to buy plants.bryan-dijkhuizen.medium.com
Ryan Justin
You can’t just pick up where you left off.
You can’t just pick up where you left off.
Getting yourself back on track isn’t always easy.medium.com
Bill Abbate
Increasing the Capacity of These 5 Things Can Create Happiness in Life
Increasing the Capacity of These 5 Things Can Create Happiness in Life
How to live a life that is happier and more fulfilledmedium.com
Eddie Becker
Anthony Bourdain’s Final Quest for Beauty
Anthony Bourdain’s Final Quest for Beauty
Nearly three years after his passing, Bourdain’s last project will be releasedmedium.com
Eduardo Espinheira
Management Bug
Management Bug
Unreliable Estimatesmedium.com
The Secret Writer
Privacy, WhatsApp and the Surveillance Universe
Privacy, WhatsApp and the Surveillance Universe
WhatsApp will start forcing users to share personal data with Facebook which is it’s parent company. It doesn’t come as…medium.com
P.S.P. French
Copywriting Testimonials: The Chicken and the Egg
Copywriting Testimonials: The Chicken and the Egg
There’s a big, grumpy and grotesquely flatulent sacred cow walking around the freelance copywriting space unchecked.medium.com
Joshua Cronkhite
Resting as the Universe: A Thought Experiment
Resting as the Universe: A Thought Experiment
Run this experiment to change how you view yourself.medium.com
Ada LLoyd
Revealing 3 Powerful Strategies to Obliterate Obstacles
Revealing 3 Powerful Strategies to Obliterate Obstacles
Think how much faster and farther you could go if obstacles didn’t slow you down?medium.com
L.D. Burnett
Restoring Your Writing, Lesson Three: The Ornamental Must Be Structural
Restoring Your Writing, Lesson Three: The Ornamental Must Be Structural
Don’t judge yourself or others for trying on a stylemedium.com
Khadejah Jones
Derek Chauvin Has Been Found Guilty On All 3 Counts: What This Means For The Mental Health of…
Derek Chauvin Has Been Found Guilty On All 3 Counts: What This Means For The Mental Health of…
This is a start.medium.com
Brian Dickens Barrabee
It’s All In The Translation
It’s All In The Translation
Writers all know their creations must be proofread, sometimes more than twice or three times.medium.com
Mickael Morin
We should improve humans the way we improve technology!
We should improve humans the way we improve technology!
he last century saw a boom in technological advancement.medium.com
Anna & Ryan
100 Things You Can Do When You Don’t Have Blogging Ideas
100 Things You Can Do When You Don’t Have Blogging Ideas
Are you out of writing ideas? This article may help youmedium.com
Sahil Patel
I Want To Read More Of These Writers.
I Want To Read More Of These Writers.
They just don’t write, they write from their heart.medium.com
Devan Taylor
The Distance Problem
The Distance Problem
The difficulties with alien contactmedium.com
Emlyn Boyle
Crow
Crow
A brief childhood legendmedium.com
Shajedul Karim
Ego Is *not* the Enemy
Ego Is *not* the Enemy
The obstacle is surely the way.medium.com
Amy Culberg
Perks With Benefits
Perks With Benefits
Watch wild mustangs while you take a dumpmedium.com
JacquelineTV
The Letter That Matters #2 — written to George Floyd
The Letter That Matters #2 — written to George Floyd
Dear Mr. Floyd,medium.com
Alberto Lanata
Fighting the New Oppressors — How to Surpass Karl Marx?
Fighting the New Oppressors — How to Surpass Karl Marx?
Applying Marx lessons to the future.medium.com
The Maverick Files
10 Lessons From 100 Medium Curations
10 Lessons From 100 Medium Curations
Across a nine-month journey with over 250 stories.medium.com
Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
Market in Wuhan Found as a Pandemic Risk 5 Years Before the Covid-19 Pandemic
Market in Wuhan Found as a Pandemic Risk 5 Years Before the Covid-19 Pandemic
Huanan market was known as an infection land by Wuhan officials for yearsmedium.com
Groupe Intellex
Why Are They Telling Me This?
Why Are They Telling Me This?
Another own goal for capitalismmedium.com
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
Riyad — Desert Or Metropolis?
Riyad — Desert Or Metropolis?
Changing faces of the city over the last 40 years — Episode 6medium.com
Sumesh P
From tears when I couldn’t finish even one push-up to 500 a day
From tears when I couldn’t finish even one push-up to 500 a day
A story of how life’s biggest challenges have simple solutions.medium.com
Gippolito Ndp
Chauvin is Found Guilty — Right and Proper, and What Happens Next?
Chauvin is Found Guilty — Right and Proper, and What Happens Next?
Well, it’s called — in the vernacular — the shit hits the fan, in reversemedium.com
Teresa Kuhl
STOP Praying the Gay Away
STOP Praying the Gay Away
And Start Praying for YOUR Heart Insteadmedium.com
Fantasy Invest
5 top-notch team building activities your employees will fall in love with
5 top-notch team building activities your employees will fall in love with
“Oh my, they came up with another dumb idea,” says a displeased employee while trying to ditch another corporate game…medium.com
Emily Ann
Five Things Not To Say To A Young Widow
Five Things Not To Say To A Young Widow
Grief is hard. Don’t make it harder.medium.com
Shawn Ingram
Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 — Day 33medium.com
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Many writers keep asking me what the heck is going on Medium.
Many writers keep asking me what the heck is going on Medium.
I don’t know what is going on exactly, but the more followers I gain, the lower views and reading times I receive.medium.com
Thewriteyard
How Not To Write a Political Manifesto
How Not To Write a Political Manifesto
The strange case of the Scottish Family Partymedium.com
Aswathi Ashok
A Key to a door that never existed.
A Key to a door that never existed.
Finding an old rusted key at the sidewalks of the busy streets of Sydney was not an unexpected incident that happened…medium.com
Floyd Mori
Now They Are Calling Chauvin A Murderer
Now They Are Calling Chauvin A Murderer
The guilty verdict is inmedium.com
Carel Kolchinski
Was Walt Disney Afraid Of Mice?
Was Walt Disney Afraid Of Mice?
And who was Mortimer Mouse?medium.com
Cat Stravino
What Is Your “WHY?”
What Is Your “WHY?”
Why I am a writermedium.com
Melanie J.
Swim Against the Odds
Swim Against the Odds
Haikumedium.com
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