Featured Stories Issue #55
Selected stories from 9,400 writers supporting 94,000 readers on ILLUMINATION
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Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATIONmedium.com
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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.
Mia Verita
The Vineyard
Michael Adelizzi
We Love Your Optimism, but Is It Whistling Past the Graveyard?
We Love Your Optimism, but Is It Whistling Past the Graveyard?
Half-full? Half-empty? Evidence suggests how we perceive the glass doesn’t matter as much as what we choose to fill it…medium.com
Michael Hollifield
My Biggest Parenting Regret (x 2)
My Biggest Parenting Regret (x 2)
Parents make mistakes. My biggest one happened twice.medium.com
Mike Goldberg
Why I Give
Why I Give
Your worth is determined not by what you have, but by what you givemedium.com
Mike Jimenez
The Joy of Working
The Joy of Working
How to Commit to Things That Bring Us Joymedium.com
Millennials Square
5 Websites To Make $100 Per Day
5 Websites To Make $100 Per Day
Make hundreds of dollar every day working onlinemedium.com
Mimi Bordeaux
Johnny Suede..
Johnny Suede..
A fanciful fist pump of iron metal prose set to alter the meter any minute now..medium.com
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
How To Plan The Writing Challenge
How To Plan The Writing Challenge
This is what I did in my first week — Episode 8medium.com
MJ Adia
Does Excessive Force Exist?
Does Excessive Force Exist?
When any amount of force against black and brown bodies is justifiedmedium.com
Naba K.
Deepfakes — A Sorcery That Will Put an End to Our Society
We can no longer believe what we see — it’s not humans, it’s the computers.medium.com
Neera Mahajan
Aunt Olivia
Aunt Olivia
Aunt Olivia looks forward to the arrival of the community carer Lara who comes three times a week to help her with the…medium.com
Nuno Fabiao
How I Earn $500 per Month on Medium With Less Than 1,000 Followers
How I Earn $500 per Month on Medium With Less Than 1,000 Followers
3 important pillars to build my financial independence.medium.com
Olapeju Simoyan, MD, MPH
Apples, oranges and pandemics
Apples, oranges and pandemics
Caveats to consider when examining global datamedium.com
Orla Kenny
Stop Chasing People Who Don’t Value You
Stop Chasing People Who Don’t Value You
Respect yourself and spend time with the right kind of people, who like you for who you are.medium.com
Paola Perez
Derek Chauvin Is Also Victim
Derek Chauvin Is Also Victim
Of a system that trained him to view us as less than humans.medium.com
Patricia Rosa
Don’t Second Guess Your Superpower Embrace It
Don’t Second Guess Your Superpower Embrace It
Have you ever shrugged off a compliment from someone? What seems easy for you is your superpower to someone else. Maybe…medium.com
Patricia Wills
No, I Won’t Get a “Real Job”
No, I Won’t Get a “Real Job”
My Freedom is More Importantmedium.com
Patrick M. Ohana
Francis Cabrel
Francis Cabrel
“C’est Écrit”medium.com
Paul Coogan
How to Make a Profile Header Movie
How to Make a Profile Header Movie
An eye catching full motion underlaymedium.com
Pax Axel
The Truth of the pandemic impact on University students in the UK.
The Truth of the pandemic impact on University students in the UK.
Toughest times for University students.medium.com
Prosite benjamin
How I Made $5,000 From Google Adsense Every Month
How I Made $5,000 From Google Adsense Every Month
Tips you should know about Google Adsensemedium.com
Qadir Abdus-Sabur, Ph.D.
Measure of a Man
Measure of a Man
Quest for Equitymedium.com
Randy Wolken
Is Stress Destroying Your Joy?
Is Stress Destroying Your Joy?
You can start changing it right nowmedium.com
Richard White
A Jaguar Taught Me That Money Is For Here And Now, Not Just The Future
A Jaguar Taught Me That Money Is For Here And Now, Not Just The Future
Some things are about more than moneymedium.com
Riri Rites
7 Things and People to Avoid After a Breakup
7 Things and People to Avoid After a Breakup
Steer clear of these people, movies, and mediamedium.com
Rob Stux
Social Media Isn’t The Problem — You Are
Social Media Isn’t The Problem — You Are
Technology is only an accelerator of your character.medium.com
Roger Himes Esq.
Spring: A Time of Renewal in Life
Spring: A Time of Renewal in Life
Spring is one of four seasons. But because everything is budding and growing, it produces a newness in the human heart.medium.com
Roger Skibowski
Writing On Medium Is Not About the Money, It Is About Growing as a Writer
Writing On Medium Is Not About the Money, It Is About Growing as a Writer
The Growing Process Takes Time and There Are No Short Cutsmedium.com
Ryan Justin
Dealing with your demons
Dealing with your demons
As soon as you wake up in the morning, you have one of two choices.medium.com
Samantha Lazar
Why I Am Staying With Medium After a Two-Year Courtship
Why I Am Staying With Medium After a Two-Year Courtship
And I hope you will toomedium.com
Selina Hajarat
A Story of Blissful Mortality
A Story of Blissful Mortality
A story of a man in his final moments of existencemedium.com
Shajedul Karim
You Pay Someone to Die
You Pay Someone to Die
When you understand this, you see yourself differently. When that happens, your value multifold.medium.com
Shawn Ingram
Nebraska
Nebraska
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 — Day 36medium.com
Shiraz Zafar Hussain
The Mayans Predicted Medium
The Mayans Predicted Medium
Ideas are our Greatest Asset — after Timemedium.com
Sion Evans
Exposing the ‘Happily Ever After’ Myth in 2021
Exposing the ‘Happily Ever After’ Myth in 2021
Disney lied to us.medium.com
Srimathi Ashok
5 signs that you are on the right path
5 signs that you are on the right path
Have you ever wondered in life if you are moving ahead on the right path? Have you woken up most of the mornings…medium.com
Stephanie Thurrott
New Medium Writers: Come Meet Our Medium Writing Group
New Medium Writers: Come Meet Our Medium Writing Group
We’re hosting a Zoom meeting to answer your questionsmedium.com
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 24
Day Tripping: April 24
Photos, Printouts, and Swordplaymedium.com
Sushmita Singh
5 Simple Tricks I Used to Stop Overthinking
5 Simple Tricks I Used to Stop Overthinking
And this does not include meditationmedium.com
Tarik Ata
The Illusion of the “Free” and “Objective” Press
The Illusion of the “Free” and “Objective” Press
From corporate owners to self-censorship, the press does not operate freely but rather propagates the interests of the…medium.com
Ted Rivers
Forget Everything You Know About Productivity And Read This
Forget Everything You Know About Productivity And Read This
Productivity as you know it is holding you back.medium.com
Teresa Kuhl
Why Learning What You Already Know About Love Hurts So Much
Why Learning What You Already Know About Love Hurts So Much
And How to Do it Anywaymedium.com
Terry L. Cooper
So this is what it has come to?
So this is what it has come to?
As “writers” can you all not find anything new under the sun to inspire you?medium.com
Terry Mansfield
Beware When Applying to the News Break Creator Program
Beware When Applying to the News Break Creator Program
My personal experience with the application process left a very sour taste in my mouth.medium.com
Terry Trueman
Some Guys I Used to Know
Some Guys I Used to Know
Seemed smart to memedium.com
Tom Johnson @rusticdrummer
Why Publish on Medium?
Why Publish on Medium?
Completing the platform’s research survey inspired me to ask myself that questionmedium.com
Tree Langdon
Illumination Supports Writers in Their Own Space
Illumination Supports Writers in Their Own Space
It’s like CNN inviting Fox News to advertise in their airspace.medium.com
Vaibhav Kalekar
I am : a Serial Messenger
I am : a Serial Messenger
Looking beyond the self — indulgencemedium.com
Veronika Kaufmann
About Me #1
About Me #1
I reserve the right to follow up with more in this series, which, admittedly, would be a memoir. No memoir yet.medium.com
Victoria-Marie
You Should Really Know Grammar — Not For The Reasons You Think
You Should Really Know Grammar — Not For The Reasons You Think
Understanding grammar gives people an edge in thinking critically about the world around themmedium.com
vidzparu
How a Little Planning Game Can Make Weekends More Fun
How a Little Planning Game Can Make Weekends More Fun
Don’t Netflix to Chillmedium.com
Walter Pop Matthews IV
The Cashier and the Captive
The Cashier and the Captive
My encounter with two people with moods on two opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. How I react or if I’m affected…medium.com
Warren Brown
Sunrise Sunset Sonata
Sunrise Sunset Sonata
The beauty of Lifemedium.com
Westbrook Ocampo
4 Takeaways From Someone Who Tried Freelancing Too Soon
4 Takeaways From Someone Who Tried Freelancing Too Soon
“It’s never too early to start” does not apply here…medium.com
Xin Xin
A 4-Minute Read Is As Powerful As a 1,000-Word Article
I have five 4-minute read articles, and all are curated.medium.com
Xu Xu, Ph.D.
It’s time to update sentence examples in vocabulary books
It’s time to update sentence examples in vocabulary books
It’s time to update sentence examples in vocabulary booksmedium.com
Yaqoob ahmad
You Don’t Have to Love the Process. You just Got To Trust It.
You Don’t Have to Love the Process. You just Got To Trust It.
Here Are 7 Tips To Keep Posting Content Even When You Don’t Feel Like Itmedium.com
Younes Romero
Are You Who You Are Because of What You Do, or, Is What You Do Because of Who You Are?
Are You Who You Are Because of What You Do, or, Is What You Do Because of Who You Are?
“The architecture of the brain is constructed to an ongoing process that begins before birth, continues to adulthood…medium.com
Zachary Seda
The Exchange
The Exchange
A Short Storymedium.com
Abrar Masum
Mental Preparation before Starting a Startup
Mental Preparation before Starting a Startup
Building a startup is hard . But if we don’t take mental preparation, there will be very good chances that we will be…medium.com
Ada LLoyd
Stop the Unacknowledged Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Stop the Unacknowledged Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Your History Does Not Define You … Your Choices Do.medium.com
3 Innovative Ideas to Improve Your Relationship with Yourself
3 Innovative Ideas to Improve Your Relationship with Yourself
This is the Most Significant and Least Understood Relationship You Will Ever Havemedium.com
Ben Ho
Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes
Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes
A light-hearted poem I made for my wifemedium.com
Carole Olsen
When to Use “F U” Verbally vs. Nonverbally. A Jersey Lady Gives Etiquette Lessons on the Topic.
When to Use “F U” Verbally vs. Nonverbally. A Jersey Lady Gives Etiquette Lessons on the Topic.
I am a Jersey girl through and through. That says a lot for using the “F” word. To me, it is a great stress reliever if…medium.com
Who Am I On the Other Side of the Pandemic?
Who Am I On the Other Side of the Pandemic?
When the Pandemic hit, I thought I would get caught up in a suffocating world of isolation, but I found many silver…medium.com
Claire Kelly
Write Under the Moon with Us
Write Under the Moon with Us
Do you ever write under the moonlight?medium.com
Floyd Mori
Telephone Scammers Pretending To Be Amazon Employees
Telephone Scammers Pretending To Be Amazon Employees
They are thinking up new schemesmedium.com
Is Mail In Voting At Risk From Republicans?
Is Mail In Voting At Risk From Republicans?
It has been working in red states and blue statesmedium.com
Francesca Gabrielle Bavaro
An Open Letter To Democratic Senators: End the Filibuster
An Open Letter To Democratic Senators: End the Filibuster
To the Undecided Senator:medium.com
Gippolito Ndp
The Secret of Philip’s Rock
The Secret of Philip’s Rock
Coming of Age in the East Endmedium.com
gae polisner
All The Heavy Furniture
All The Heavy Furniture
(The Visit)medium.com
George Lamptey
Seascape
Harry Hogg
Friendship with the kettle
Friendship with the kettle
A piece of prosemedium.com
Humaira Iqbal
It’s 11:06pm & I Don’t Know What To Write About
It’s 11:06pm & I Don’t Know What To Write About
My Thursday thoughts, on Friday eveningmedium.com
Jacquelyn Lynn
My Medium Weekly Roundup
My Medium Weekly Roundup
Here’s what I published this week and a few stories by others that I enjoyedmedium.com
Jeff Herring
The 3 Mistakes Template featuring Many Ways to Create an Article
The 3 Mistakes Template featuring Many Ways to Create an Article
Gonna be a big, big hit…medium.com
Liam Ireland
Illuminating ‘Flyers Not Liars’
Illuminating ‘Flyers Not Liars’
I’m flying, just like everybody else on Illuminationmedium.com
Marsha Hamby Savage
Laughing, Giggles, and Creativity
Laughing, Giggles, and Creativity
Life is sometimes finding a smile on a tough day.medium.com
Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)
Does it matter?
Does it matter?
a poem based on a real memorymedium.com
Melanie J.
One-Lined Poem: Happiness (#25)
One-Lined Poem: Happiness (#25)
A phrase about one simple pleasure in lifemedium.com
Mike Goldberg
How do you Reach a Conspiracy Theorist?
How do you Reach a Conspiracy Theorist?
The key is to understand why they chose to believemedium.com
My Biggest Mistake is a GREAT Lesson for you to Upgrade your Thinking
My Biggest Mistake is a GREAT Lesson for you to Upgrade your Thinking
Mistakes can actually put you ahead if you learn valuable lessons from themmedium.com
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
Things I Hate The Most
Things I Hate The Most
A different side of me — Episode 9medium.com
Promote Or Not To Promote Your Work Is The Question
Promote Or Not To Promote Your Work Is The Question
There are different school of Thoughts — Episode 10medium.com
Patrick M. Ohana
Michel Fugain
Michel Fugain
“Chante”medium.com
Kia Soul Kia Soul
Kia Soul Kia Soul
A rhymed acrostic sonnetmedium.com
Ryan Justin
Your №1 goal is to be happy
Your №1 goal is to be happy
Of course, we would all love nice houses, flash cars, multiple vacations per year and financial freedom.medium.com
Shawn Ingram
The Last Sunset
The Last Sunset
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 — Day 37medium.com
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 25
Day Tripping: April 25
Genetics, Generating, and Giant Seawaymedium.com
Teresa Kuhl
Loving the Sinning When Speaking the Truth… with Love?
Loving the Sinning When Speaking the Truth… with Love?
a.k.a Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin isn’t in ANYBODY’S Biblemedium.com
Warren Brown
Milestone Celebration of 400 Articles, 488 Followers, 274 Fans, 986 Views, and 475 Reads on Medium…
Milestone Celebration of 400 Articles, 488 Followers, 274 Fans, 986 Views, and 475 Reads on Medium…
Reasons I am inspired to keep writing on Mediummedium.com
Yaqoob ahmad
1 View Is All You Need To Create Quality Content
1 View Is All You Need To Create Quality Content
1 Life Changing View > 1,000 Mediocre Viewsmedium.com
Aldric Chen
How To Live A Life Without Regrets.
How To Live A Life Without Regrets.
This is a topic worthy of further thinking and debate.medium.com
Ann Venkataraman
Kubernetes For Kindergarten Kids
Kubernetes For Kindergarten Kids
A Lesson In Simplicitymedium.com
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