Featured Stories Issue #54
Selected stories from 9,400 writers supporting 94,000 readers on ILLUMINATION
We compiled fresh stories for you today.
These interesting stories from our growing collection can inform and entertain you. External readers can access them via blogs on Word Press.
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Our previous digests are accessible from this collection.Collection of Featured Stories
Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATIONmedium.com
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Easy access to chapters for readers on Mediummedium.com
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All writers are invited to join a writing challenge as proposed by Dr Mehmet Yildiz. These stories provide an opportunity for writers and readers to cross-pollinate.Invitation To A Writing Challenge
Share your concerns and aspirations in a storymedium.com
How to grow and become a top writer on Medium in three months: 100 Day Challenge For New Writers100 Day Challenge For New Writers
How to grow and become a top writer on Medium in three monthsmedium.com
Please enjoy our fresh stories.
Abrar Masum
How I Handle My Stress By 1 Simple Way
Don’t we all deserve a life where stress won’t control us? Let’s find out howmedium.com
Ada LLoyd
3 Powerful Ways to Get Unstuck & Reclaim Your Dreams Now
3 Powerful Ways to Get Unstuck & Reclaim Your Dreams Now
Heal the Invisible Wounds Behind Your Maskmedium.com
Adebola Alabi
Are You Productive or Just Busy?
Are You Productive or Just Busy?
Five Ideas To Beat Your Productivity Trapmedium.com
Agnes Laurens
In Front
In Front
Miles away
Steps follow
New adventuremedium.com
Alberto Guerrero
10 Signs You Will Never Make It In Life
10 Signs You Will Never Make It In Life
Avoid this and you will do finemedium.com
Aldric Chen
Let Me Teach You How to Forge Real Enemies in the Workplace
Let Me Teach You How to Forge Real Enemies in the Workplace
Beyond office politicsmedium.com
Alex Markham
Thus With A Kiss
Thus With A Kiss
A long-awaited first date, an upmarket restaurant, wine and the end of lockdown. It had to be a dream date, didn’t it?medium.com
Alfonso Guerrero
The Principles that Guided My Business
The Principles that Guided My Business
Establishing a Strong Foundationmedium.com
Alison Flickinger
Marketplace Flakes
Marketplace Flakes
Encountering flakes while selling items onlinemedium.com
Andre Sevenius Nilsen
How Words Can Change The Way We View The World
How Words Can Change The Way We View The World
Concepts Collapse The Indefinite Into The Definitemedium.com
Ann Venkataraman
Top 7 Skills To Future Proof Your Career
Top 7 Skills To Future Proof Your Career
Prepare for the Future of Work!medium.com
Anna
How Crazy Rich Asians Inspired Us To Try Amazing Singaporean Street Food
How Crazy Rich Asians Inspired Us To Try Amazing Singaporean Street Food
One week, 8 hawker centers, 50+ dishes, and 1000s of calories later, there are too many contenders to choose one best…medium.com
Anthony Jackson
Short Poem | The Hearing Moon
Short Poem | The Hearing Moon
She is present.medium.com
Anu Anniah
A Short To-Do List For Covid Times
A Short To-Do List For Covid Times
India, and specifically Karnataka state where I live, is reeling under a huge wave of Covid infections. In contrast to…medium.com
Ash K
Breakdown
Breakdown
One minute everything’s fine…medium.com
Aswathi Ashok
Into the Realm of Fear
Into the Realm of Fear
I managed to survive the nightmare all this time, but will I survive it this time?medium.com
Avana Lilly
A Quick Tool For Character Building
A Quick Tool For Character Building
A Word Wizards guide to Enneagram Types 1–3medium.com
Barnhill
Take a Hike
Take a Hike
When it comes to climate change, metaphorically walking is the best way to fight.medium.com
Ben Ho
Why I Felt Guilty After Summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro
Why I Felt Guilty After Summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro
My porter did the majority of the work, so what did I actually do?medium.com
Bhavna Narula
10 Basic Features Medium Can Borrow From Microsoft Word
10 Basic Features Medium Can Borrow From Microsoft Word
Bill gates won’t mind if Ev gifted him a free membership in exchangemedium.com
Bhupesh Mistry
9 Things You Shouldn’t do After a Breakup
9 Things You Shouldn’t do After a Breakup
What I learned from my experiencemedium.com
Black Coffee
Why the average guy should delete all dating apps for good
Why the average guy should delete all dating apps for good
Pmedium.com
Brian Dickens Barrabee
My Dog The Fluffer *
My Dog The Fluffer *
It happens every time my wife and I have a guest at the house. A male quest.medium.com
Brian Lamacraft
Why You Should Invest in Emotional Writing
Why You Should Invest in Emotional Writing
Write Emotions, You May Help Someonemedium.com
Brooke Ramey Nelson
Raw
Caro Violet
How to Stay Motivated When No one’s in Your Corner
How to Stay Motivated When No one’s in Your Corner
Develop the grit and tenacity needed to reach your goals alonemedium.com
Carole Olsen
Ouch! Snarky Remarks on Social Media.
Ouch! Snarky Remarks on Social Media.
Thank heavens for the Delete Key!medium.com
Cassie Ring
Procreate Shadow Tutorial
Procreate Shadow Tutorial
How to Make Your Images POPmedium.com
Chandrani Anantharaman
Ten Powerful Strategies That Can Make You Financially Stable
Ten Powerful Strategies That Can Make You Financially Stable
Follow these simple habits to have lifelong financial stability.medium.com
Christopher Madsen
Defend and Destroy
Defend and Destroy
The defense mechanisms we all employ to remain safe.medium.com
Claire Kelly
The Strange Truth
The Strange Truth
Facts in the fiction.medium.com
Clarice Quinn Taylor
How You Can Go From Consumer To A Creator Of Content And Be Successful
How You Can Go From Consumer To A Creator Of Content And Be Successful
Everyone wants to be a content creator in their own way and share what they have to say with one another. But content…medium.com
Courtenay S. Gray
In For A Penny, In For A Brag
In For A Penny, In For A Brag
Has earning on Medium gone to our heads?medium.com
Dave Smith
Acing Relationships
Acing Relationships
Dads’ Survival Guide: Partnering — Our Relationshipsmedium.com
Dee Adams
How A Taser Might Be Mistaken For A Gun
How A Taser Might Be Mistaken For A Gun
Can Hidden Racial Bias Override Stated Intent?medium.com
Delilah Brass
A Tribute to Helen McCrory
A Tribute to Helen McCrory
Peaky Blinders will not be the same without you.medium.com
Destiny S. Harris
Hello! My Name Is Destiny S. Harris
Hello! My Name Is Destiny S. Harris
Author @ Age 11, Techie, Teacher, Musician, Entrepreneurmedium.com
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Invitation To Indie Authors
Invitation To Indie Authors
An introduction to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters for non-Medium membersmedium.com
11 New Writer Bios
11 New Writer Bios
Let’s meet these inspiring writers by reading their stories revealed by themselvesmedium.comI feel discriminated by Medium for my age and country today.
My sad story is on SYNERGY.medium.com
Dr. Preeti Singh
Should You Expose Lies Or Deal With Them Creatively?
Should You Expose Lies Or Deal With Them Creatively?
Best to be a little creative as lies are a sensitive issue if caughtmedium.com
Dylan Hughes
Reflecting on my Medium Journey, 150 Articles Later
Reflecting on my Medium Journey, 150 Articles Later
Nearly five years in, I feel even more inspired to milk Medium for all it hasmedium.com
Ed Matthews
Your 10 Favorite Movies Reveal Your Inner Soul
Your 10 Favorite Movies Reveal Your Inner Soul
What I learned when I listed my 10 favorite moviesmedium.com
Eddie Becker
Alumni Magazine
Alumni Magazine
Look at what the class of 2003 is up to now!medium.com
EJY
According to MIT researchers, The Risk of Contracting COVID-19 Indoors is the Same at 6ft and 60ft.
According to MIT researchers, The Risk of Contracting COVID-19 Indoors is the Same at 6ft and 60ft.
Please Stay at Home as Possible.medium.com
Ellen Clardy, PhD
Moving from Unsustainability to Sustainability
Moving from Unsustainability to Sustainability
A Discussion of “The Historical Production (and Consumption) of Unsustainability”medium.com
Emily Wilcox
If Stairs Could Speak
If Stairs Could Speak
A poem about the footprints we leave behindmedium.com
Fahri Karakas
Imagine You Wake Up One Day As Your Opposite Sex
Imagine You Wake Up One Day As Your Opposite Sex
How Would Your Life Change?medium.com
Floyd Mori
It May Be Time For A Vacation
It May Be Time For A Vacation
San Francisco and Lake Tahoe are beautiful areasmedium.com
Francesca Gabrielle Bavaro
Memoirs
Memoirs
Creative Nonfictionmedium.com
Frankie Calkins
15 Surprising Facts About Money & Global Currency
15 Surprising Facts About Money & Global Currency
The first Bitcoin purchase might make you cry!medium.com
Fred: Almost Famous
Three ‘David & Goliath’ Stories
Three ‘David & Goliath’ Stories
THREE KIDS BRING THREE GIANTS DOWN TO EARTHmedium.com
G Correia
Why Are So Many People Compelled to Display Their Racism in Public?
Why Are So Many People Compelled to Display Their Racism in Public?
Doesn’t matter where, or who might be listening, does it?medium.com
gae polisner
I Miss Him So, But, Man, that Kid Can Sing
I Miss Him So, But, Man, that Kid Can Sing
(Villanelle #5*, with luck and love on your first LA release)medium.com
Gal Mux
Facebook Facilitates And Contributes To The Extinction Of Endangered Species
Facebook Facilitates And Contributes To The Extinction Of Endangered Species
This needs to be addressed promptlymedium.com
George Blue Kelly
When Your Idol Calls, It’s a GameChanger
When Your Idol Calls, It’s a GameChanger
How to network without actually networkingmedium.com
George Lamptey
The Gathering
Gippolito Ndp
The Newest Class of People Who Need Legal Protection?
The Newest Class of People Who Need Legal Protection?
People who run over protesters. Yep, looks that waymedium.com
Gurpreet Dhariwal
Maldives: Heaven on Earth
Maldives: Heaven on Earth
“All in all, even some kinds of unexpected and ridiculous disappointments couldn’t diminish the astonishment of being…medium.com
Harry Hogg
His Arms and Legs Running Away
His Arms and Legs Running Away
Returning a car rentalmedium.com
Harshit Ahuja
5 Surprisingly Simple Techniques That Will Make Procrastination Impossible
5 Surprisingly Simple Techniques That Will Make Procrastination Impossible
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. — Arthur Ashemedium.com
Humaira Iqbal
Gritted Teeth
Ian Worrall
Snow Trapped
Snow Trapped
A short story for your enjoymentmedium.com
Ilham Esse
A Detailed Guide on How To Become a Better Procrastinator
A Detailed Guide on How To Become a Better Procrastinator
Procrastination is just a reminder that your car needs to be washed.medium.com
Ines May
3 Key Things Seaspiracy Gets Wrong
3 Key Things Seaspiracy Gets Wrong
The facts the Netflix documentary ignoredmedium.com
Irish Toffee
The Cosmic Dance
The Cosmic Dance
Are we raising the plants? Or are they raising us! Before you laugh it off, let me introduce a new perspective here. It…medium.com
Iva Hotko
Dreaming of you
Dreaming of you
Longingmedium.com
Ivette Cruz
Peace is Essential
Peace is Essential
A haiku for peacemedium.com
Jacquelyn Lynn
Creative Ways to Market Your Book
Creative Ways to Market Your Book
Radio personality and book marketing expert Suzanne Lynn shares creative ways to make you and your book stand out from…medium.com
Jade M.
Read, Clapped, And Other Lies
Read, Clapped, And Other Lies
The Perils of Being in a Facebook Writing Groupmedium.com
Jairam R Prabhu
India’s Second Wave of COVID-19 Explained
India’s Second Wave of COVID-19 Explained
For the past two weeks, India is witnessing a massive surge in cases touching around 300,000 cases a day. Let’s dive…medium.com
Jake Meiss
The Futility of Life under an Escapist Mentality
The Futility of Life under an Escapist Mentality
Are our lives meaningless?medium.com
James Halliday
Have We Accepted Toxic Workplaces as the New Normal?
Have We Accepted Toxic Workplaces as the New Normal?
Some people think toxic workplaces are now normal and there’s nothing you can do about it. Are they correct?medium.com
janny’s heart
If you go to hell, will you come back intact?
If you go to hell, will you come back intact?
Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking. Where is my future?medium.com
Jeff Herring
Create Your Own Perfectly Profitable Content Traffic Hub
Create Your Own Perfectly Profitable Content Traffic Hub
You won’t be able to stop the traffic if you wanted to, and you won’t want to…medium.com
Jennifer M. Wilson
My Daily Thoughts While Living With My Soon-To-Be-Ex-Husband
My Daily Thoughts While Living With My Soon-To-Be-Ex-Husband
Not soon enough.medium.com
Jesús Vila
Upwelling Your Inner Energy
Upwelling Your Inner Energy
You will not find the boundaries of soul by travelling in any direction, so deep is the measure of it. — Heraclitus…medium.com
Joe Luca
The Punch Landed Before the Fist Did
The Punch Landed Before the Fist Did
24 April 2021 Saturday Poetry Prompt: the apparent contradictionmedium.com
John Cristóbal
The Soldier’s Peace
The Soldier’s Peace
Found on the Western Frontmedium.com
John K Adams
Fools
Fools
Blake hated April Fool’s Day. Don’t fools run the place? They need a holiday too?medium.com
John Ross
A World of Possibilities
A World of Possibilities
Inspiration Shortmedium.com
Jordan Mendiola
How to Come up With an Infinite Number of Blogging Ideas
How to Come up With an Infinite Number of Blogging Ideas
This works better for someone who isn’t necessarily stuck within one niche.medium.com
Julia Oren
“Wine online is a great sadness.”
“Wine online is a great sadness.”
Does accessibility the Internet gives us is actually ruin everything?medium.com
K. Barrett
Where Do You Find Inspiration?
Where Do You Find Inspiration?
Reading does it for me #NatPoWriMomedium.com
Kai Taraporevala
Think It Possible That You May Be Mistaken?
Think It Possible That You May Be Mistaken?
The Story of the Choices We Make For Our Older Selvesmedium.com
Karthik Rajan
2 Questions You Should Ask Yourself To Overcome Impostor Syndrome
2 Questions You Should Ask Yourself To Overcome Impostor Syndrome
“It’s Not You, It’s Me.”medium.com
Keri Mangis
We Did Not Come Here to be Agreeable
We Did Not Come Here to be Agreeable
Forget what you’ve been told, so you can remember your soul’s reason for taking this human journeymedium.com
Khadejah Jones
You’re Losing Your Identity Because You’re Losing Your Passion
You’re Losing Your Identity Because You’re Losing Your Passion
A life lesson from all of my failed business ventures.medium.com
KLB Finch
3 Signs You Are Racialising Your Employees (and How to Stop Doing It)
3 Signs You Are Racialising Your Employees (and How to Stop Doing It)
Racists make terrible managers.medium.com
Laura Misener
Memory Lane
Liam Ireland
How I Once Got Turned Down For A Job Because I’m a Man
How I Once Got Turned Down For A Job Because I’m a Man
It’s a man’s world, sometimes.medium.com
Linda Kowalchek
I’m Basing My Writing Career on Authenticity
I’m Basing My Writing Career on Authenticity
I won’t use words to advance what I don’t believe in.medium.com
Lisa Bradburn
10 Ridiculously Funny Things To Make You Laugh Right Now
10 Ridiculously Funny Things To Make You Laugh Right Now
When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? Don’t we all need that kind of release right now?medium.com
Lisa Richards
5 Surprising Things That Can Stop You Losing Weight
5 Surprising Things That Can Stop You Losing Weight
These small changes can help you to be slimmer.medium.com
Lucia Landini
One Habit I Am Grateful My Mother Taught Me
One Habit I Am Grateful My Mother Taught Me
You Have It, Toomedium.com
Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Roll the Dice
Roll the Dice
a prompted poemmedium.com
Mandy Capehart
My Sex Life is Not Public Domain
My Sex Life is Not Public Domain
But I’ll tell you about it anyway.medium.com
Mark Magorrian
How the 2020 A-Level Exam Algorithm Failed Students
How the 2020 A-Level Exam Algorithm Failed Students
How the A level result’s algorithm left many student’s scratching their headsmedium.com
Marlane Ainsworth
The Two Sides of Wonder
The Two Sides of Wonder
Self and everything elsemedium.com
Marsha Hamby Savage
Artists and Writers Learn More When They Help Others to Learn
Artists and Writers Learn More When They Help Others to Learn
Create a Group to Bounce Ideas Aroundmedium.com
Matt Ray
Finding a Way to Write with Balance
Finding a Way to Write with Balance
Balancing Life with Writingmedium.com
Melanie J.
Dream Bunnies
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