Theatre of the Absurd

Outstanding Stories  of ILLUMINATION-Curated 

— Volume 40: Selected stories from top writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated

Photo by Maxim Potkin on Unsplash

Recent submissions to ILLUMINATION-Curated

Roger A. Reid, Ph.D.

An Effective 7-Step Strategy for Solving the Big Problems in Your Life
The first step in finding a solution is to determine the source.medium.com

Victoria Ichizli-Bartels, Ph.D.

Here Is Why You Don’t Need to Work Hard for Work and Study
You just need to be gameful and playful. Then excellence becomes effortless.medium.com

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Imagine Sheldon In A Content Platform
Reflections from the inner world of rowdy writers, editors, curators, publishers, and platform ownersmedium.com

Adebola Alabi

How To Upsell Any Customer And Boost Your Business Profitability.
Business Lessons From Amazon That Will Increase Your Customer Lifetime Valuemedium.com

Sarah Towle

The Seven Deadly Sins of Trump & Co’s Immigration Agenda
And why the only way to heal as a nation is to vote them outmedium.com

Geetika Sethi

You Are Our Matador
The ones who will make our publication win this match on this stage Mmedium.com

Randy Shingler

Equality Equals Freedom
Freedom only comes when all beings are equal
Everyone in bondage when equality is abridged
It has never been any true…medium.com

Daisygwoods (Cocoa Griot)

The CATE Family Discussion
Every word represents someone in my family.medium.com

Sarah Kelly

Remote Work Burnout? Change These 3 Habits
Like any operating system, your WFH mindset needs updating.medium.com

Leo Guinan

Don’t Move Fast And Break Stuff
Move Fast and Understand Stuffmedium.com

Khannas Kiran

20 Challenges Dialysis Patients and immediate relation should know..
Dialysis can affect every part of your life. I recently lost my father who struggled 3 years on Dialysis.medium.com

Marjorie J McDonald

Add to The Charm of Your Characters
How to Enrich Your Character Writingmedium.com

Mark C Watney

To Everyone Who Helped Make This Pencil — 
Thanks!
To everyone who helped make
this pencil — thanks!
I could not be writing this poem on an envelope
without your powerful…medium.com

Darcy Thiel

Callouses
Scar tissue over scar tissuemedium.com

Thomas Dylan Daniel

Why I Limit My Exposure To BTC And ETH In The Most Bullish Crypto Market In History
For me, the goal is to maximize returns by diversifying my portfolio by market cap and function.medium.com

Audrey Malone

The Blatant Disrespect for Coronavirus in this Country is Killing More than Just the People
A mask is not a political statement people!medium.com

Terry Mansfield

How To Hunt For and Find A Good Job
When you are hunting for a job, it can be very stressful and frustrating. However, you can help yourself a great deal…medium.com

Aaron Meacham

The Long Way Round
A wheelman at the top of his game tests his skill to outrun luck, law, and loss.medium.com

Myriam Ben Salem

The Proust Questionnaire Answered by
Myriam Ben Salemmedium.com

Martin D. Hirsch

Springsteen’s Reflections on Life Mirror My Own
My idol Bruce Springsteen has a new album out, “Letter to You,” along with a documentary film. I caught him talking…medium.com

Melissa Bee

Wanderer
A Poem — Part IVmedium.com

Agnes Louis

Why You Should Go Upside Down (And The Alternatives If You Can’t)
The benefit of doing inversions, exercises to help you get there and alternative easier poses with similar benefits.medium.com

Deborah Barchi

The Subtle Beauty of November
An appreciation and appraisalmedium.com

Abayomi Omoogun

What Is?
What is life?
Is it about understanding it
Or experiencing it.medium.com

Charlotte Brown

No, Getting Married Does Not Mean I Want a Child
One doesn’t always lead to the othermedium.com

Shubham Pathania

7 Things I Learned From Good Writers
They don’t always rely on new ideas & experiencesmedium.com

Dr. Deborah M. Vereen

Reflections From The Unborn
Distributed to #Humanity #Human Rights #Republican Party #Religion #Lifemedium.com

Harry Seitz

The Psychological Effects of COVID-19
Isolation, constant stress, and no end in sight.medium.com

Danell teNyenhuis Black

Last Chance For Sanity
Open your eyes, Americamedium.com

Levi Borba

How to Make Measurable Goals and Stick to Them
This Is About a Mistake I Made Twice, and You Should Avoid at All Costmedium.com

Vedanth Maheshwari

I don’t want to be mediocre
Some insignificances are lesser than other insignificances but that is insignificant.medium.com

Aggee K.

I Listen to This Playlist to Boost My Productivity
Picture this:medium.com

Abena D

9 Ways to Motivate to Yourself to Work When You Are Struggling Mentally
Overthinking is for suckersmedium.com

Jeff Herring

Anger: 12 Mastery Tips
You get angry. I get angry. All God’s children get angry…medium.com

Jean Carfantan

The Walker Between the Worlds
Tightropemedium.com

J.D. Harms

Illicit Ending
A Poemmedium.com

Geetika Sethi

It’s Time for a Mid-Week Class
Let’s move on from the alphabets beyond the Q to the end till Zmedium.com

Boateng Sekyere

The Most Underrated Writing Tip That Beats ‘Write Every Day’ and Improves Your Writing
Learn how to write, every daymedium.com

Francine Fallara

Vintage Jollity
Weight on your eyelids betrays your age, converging wrinkles around your eyes authentically define years of pure joys…medium.com

Casi Mclean

Do You Dare To Live Your Dreams?
How I discovered my passion and learned to live my dream ~ A USA Today Bestselling Author!medium.com

Thewriteyard

Peace and Quiet in the Countryside
Well Not Exactlymedium.com

Adriana Sim

7 Things I Track Regularly to Improve My Health, Wealth, and Productivity
And the tools I use to get my life together.medium.com

Dr. Preeti Singh

Sunset
A Promise of futuremedium.com

Nini Mappo

Tensed Up By America’s 2020 Presidential Elections
A Haikumedium.com

Walter Rhein

Celebrate Frustration
It helps you identify your weaknessesmedium.com

Mythili Iyer

Endgames, Revolutions, and a Harbingers of Doom
An introduction to a 13-year-old writermedium.com

Jay Krasnow

5 quotes that will make you top leader
A few words on leadership from ‘liberator’ Simon Bolivarmedium.com

Jacquelyn Lynn

Jesus Christ was Not the Penultimate Leader
If you don’t know what a word means, don’t use it.medium.com

Thomas-Matthew Elijah Shands

Rinsing My Heart of Scars and Abuse
A True Story of closing off past pain.medium.com

Amy Hartsough

So You Want to Be Happy
Insights on Happiness from 12 of My Favorite Booksmedium.com

Thomas-Matthew Elijah Shands

Isn’t It Odd?
A poem.medium.com

Rebecca Sealfon

Use Your Strengths to Help in the U.S. Election
So, you’re a liberal and you want to help out. Here are some ideas of what to do and who to team up with.medium.com

Paul Abela, MSc

The Death Road, Bribery and Swimming With Crocodiles in The Amazon Rainforest
Deciding whether to swim in crocodile-infested water was the easy partmedium.com

Stuart Englander

I Rewrote My Medium Bio
Because that’s the way my life worksmedium.com

Robert Trakofler

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

Thewriteyard

I Miss World of Warcraft
The People I Met Were Specialmedium.com

Andrew Jazprose Hill

The Disrupter-in-Chief
Donald Trump’s Behavior during the Debate Was the Mark of a Desperate Man. But Should Biden Pull Out of Future Debates?medium.com

Agnes Louis

Alleviate Your Stress, Boost Your Mood and Find Your Peace with These 3 Fun Challenging Workouts
My top 3 favourite workouts as a fitness trainer.medium.com

Neha Sandhir S

Our Majestic Sun
Spreading its fathomless energymedium.com

Blaine Coleman

It is October 2020 and I Have to Wonder, Where Did the Year Go?
Almost election day and it seems like yesterday was a lifetime agomedium.com

Michele Thomas

Hope for Today
I found the answermedium.com

Aggee K.

Follow the PEE Strategy to Write Powerful Essays
the secret to writing good essaysmedium.com

Randy Wolken

What Are Your Vital Three?
Choosing your 3 priority tasks is a freeing experiencemedium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

What Does It Feel Like Being An Extraordinary Beautiful Women?
Society for ages has set the standards of beauty far lower for men than for women. It’s possible for a man to be…medium.com

Ahsan Chaudhry

That Plastic Bag Scene from American Beauty … I Need to Remember
I saw the movie “American Beauty” 12 years ago. Recently I came across the shopping bag scene on YouTube. YouTube has…medium.com

Aurora Eliam, CMP

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Love, Justice, and Nonviolence
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.medium.com

Liam Ireland

Why Do I Write ?
On being tortured by “Why?”medium.com

Stuart Englander

The Proust Questionnaire Answered by
Stuart Englandermedium.com

Marijke McCandless

Mindfulness Helps Unlock the Feisty Writer Within
Meditation helps us dis-identify from our self-critical voices and encourages us to pay attention: both fodder for good…medium.com

Marjorie J McDonald

Unexpected Twists and Conflicts
Add depth to your character exchangesmedium.com

Harry Seitz

Anthropogenic Climate Change is Real
Yes, this is somehow still a debate.medium.com

Sidd Chung

If You Want to Get Better at Life, You Have to Become an UberEats Bike Courier
Helmets are overratedmedium.com

Lisa Holliday

Mama Cass Did Not Die By Choking On a Ham Sandwich
The true story of Mama Cass Elliotmedium.com

Øivind H. Solheim

Preparing for the Future — A new perspective for assessing previous learning
VALISKILLS 3: Should we consider a new, future-oriented focus for the project?medium.com

Dr. Deborah M. Vereen

Introducing Dr. Deborah M. Vereen
New ILLUMINATION-Curated Writermedium.com

Amanda Gabbard

Donald Trump Would Beat You in a Bar Fight
It’s because he’s scrappy.medium.com

Aggee K.

The Tragedy of Ignoring Your Sadness
 — why toxic positivity is a volcano waiting to eruptmedium.com

Daryl Mowat

Conscientology: The Study of Conscience
‘Conscientology’, defined as ‘the study of conscience’, is a word I have coined which is meant to show the inadequacy…medium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

Did The Kid Who Came In Second Really Win The Treasure Hunt?
Jimmy then put the condom up to his mouth, as one would a balloon, with the intention of blowing it up.medium.com

Karen Madej

We Really Are What We Eat
We know it but we pretend it is acceptable to be obesemedium.com

Eunice Gikonyo, Msc Psychology

5 Signs You Are Battling Internal Conflict
Physical, mental, and emotional exhaustionmedium.com

Dr. Preeti Singh

Moments
Joy (A Haiku)medium.com

Khannas Kiran

Keep In Mind Before Falling In Love.
You are not alone, everyone does this mistakemedium.com

Rajaneeshwar

Deconstruct: The Social Network (2010)
Plot Points | Story Breakdownmedium.com

Kevin Buddaeus

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?
Luck has been scientifically proven. But it’s not what you think it is. Here is how you can increase your luck.kevin-buddaeus.medium.com

Michele Thill

Look into Your Eyes
What do you see…medium.com

Tim Ebl

How I Buzzed Off That Thin Hair and Went Bald Like a Boss
Bald is sexy. Hiding thin hair is sadmedium.com

Thewriteyard

How to Fill Your Store-Cupboard of Ideas
9 Ways to Feed Your Creative Sparkmedium.com

Amy Hartsough

My Big Problem with Freelance Writing and Why I’ve Stopped
It’s Not My Idea of a Dream Jobmedium.com

Henery X

The War Within
The Thoughts That Survive Will Determine Victorymedium.com

Christopher Akinlade

No Student Ever Graduates From This School
And we are all students in this school — of Life Experiencesmedium.com

J.D. Harms

Drain
A Poemmedium.com

Tee, Conscious Creative

What If We Don’t Defend or Deny The Lack of Diversity In Philanthropy and Nonprofits
Making room at the tablemedium.com

René Phongam, DPT

The Term “Social Distancing” Needs A New Face, Not Mask
We can do better than social distancing.medium.com

Nihan Kucukural

Overcome Your Deepest Darkest Fear
How I learned to stop worrying and love the cat.medium.com

Roger A. Reid, Ph.D.

The Secret to Aging Without Apology or Regret
10 ways you can be the exception to the myth of agingmedium.com

Victoria Ichizli-Bartels, Ph.D.

How Much Turning Life into Fun Games Is Too Much?
There can only be too little.medium.com

Erin King

When it’s okay to let your toddler cry
Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: “No cry” parenting is a myth, it’s impossible, it can’t be done…medium.com

Rebecca Stevens A.

How My White Country Privileged Passport Allowed Me To Travel The World
As a black and brown person, you need to have a privileged passport to be able to travel the world. I figured that out…medium.com

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Filtered and Raw Content
Both are important for different readers. Writers and editors play an important role in the process.medium.com

Dew Langrial

7 Ways to Be a Hero Without Doing Anything You Don’t Want to Do
You have to challenge the idea of a stereotypical heromedium.com

Stuart Englander

A Triple Feature Is Now In Session
In three films that champion the writer’s domainmedium.com

J.D. Harms

Infected
A Poemmedium.com

Jacquelyn Lynn

10 Reasons to Journal
You may be sharing your thoughts on social media, texting with friends, or talking out your feelings in online groups…medium.com

Deborah Levine

Ginsberg’s Daring Legacy
Originally published in The Chattanooga Times Free Pressmedium.com

Danielle Godfrey

Did The ‘Old You’ Have It Better?
The dangers of comparing yourself to yourselfmedium.com

Ntathu Allen

How To Relieve Lower Back Pain:
The Ultimate 2020 Guidemedium.com

Godofredo Rojas

If You Want to Avoid Mediocrity, Follow These Steps Right Away
And start to make a difference.medium.com

Paul Myers MBA

Is Your Organizational Structure a Good Fit for Innovation?
A discussion about the influence that company structure can have on innovationmedium.com

Alex Crisafulli

A Call to Safeguard the Election
Wake Up America! What if Trump Loses the Election and Really DOES Refuse to Go Peacefully?medium.com

Debbie’s Reflection

Breathtaking Views Always a Must at El Yunque Rainforest
Why I love El Yunque Rainforest in Puerto Ricomedium.com

Bryan Dijkhuizen, BA.

The benefits of being alone
It seems that we find it more and more difficult to be alone. And when we don’t have company for a while, we often feel…medium.com

Sarah Shoshana Rosen

The Real Work of Being a Human
There was a moment a few weeks ago while I was sitting with my parents during dinner where I felt exceptionally…medium.com

Daryl Mowat

From Knee Injury to Wisdom
My biography is about my discovery of absolute Reality and my ultimate Truth by understanding that mental illness is a…medium.com

Ziva Fajfar

NASA’s top 5 greatest missions
Endeavors that have been inspiring us for almost 60 years.medium.com

Tim Ebl

How Yoga Saved My Body From Being a Worn Out, Middle Aged Sack Of Crap
I feel younger than I did 10 years agomedium.com

Nicole Bryan

One Devastating Lesson People Learn Too Late In Life
Strategies and mindsets for reclaiming your time and living the life that you deservemedium.com

Thewriteyard

You Are a Witness
Whether You Like It or Notmedium.com

Jay Krasnow

Write a bio that is the cat’s meow
This is what should go into your professional bio and whymedium.com

Marjorie J McDonald

Allow Your Finch to Be Extra Well Cared For and Healthy
Write about how Finches make great petsmedium.com

Mark Alden

The Archival Mind: How Much Of What We Think We Remember Actually Happened?
Consider this…medium.com

Kimberly Fosu

Dear Friend
A poem about mental healthmedium.com

Harry Seitz

What Writers Have to Do on Medium
We’re Back to the Printing Pressmedium.com

Henery X

How To Be Successful On Any Social Media Platform
It Worked For Me, And It Can Work For You As Wellmedium.com

Anthony Aniobi

Why Skill Mastery is Not Enough
An answer to the question: Why I haven’t achieved as much as I shouldmedium.com

Amy Colleen

My Son Will Be Privileged From The Moment He’s Born
Reflections on how to handle the raising of a white, middle-class boy child.medium.com

Kristina Segarra

3 Ways To Protect Yourself From Negative People
Being around negative people is not healthy for your mental well-beingmedium.com

Rajaneeshwar

Deconstruct: Knives Out (2019)
Plot Points | Story Breakdownmedium.com

Jacquelyn Lynn

Get Results: Take Control of Your Life Now
If your life is out of control, try applying the highest and best use philosophy to your timemedium.com

Julia E Hubbel

If I’m Going to Bitch, I Must Also Acknowledge. This is That.
And kindly, it’s about time.medium.com

Akeena M.

Pitfalls of the Perfectionist
We neglect major pieces because we’re hell-bent on controlling the subjective.medium.com

Phil Truman

Why Algorithms Scare Me
Confessions of a social media phobemedium.com

Rosennab

The Reason Healing Feels Impossibly Hard
Make healing familiarmedium.com

Maria Cross

Three Effective Ways to Control Your Hunger Hormones
Smart weight loss is about knowledge, not willpowermedium.com

Andrew Jazprose Hill

The President Is a Sensitive Man
He Only Acts Like a Ruffian for the Ratingsmedium.com

Paul Myers MBA

Tacit Knowledge for Leaders of the Future
An insight into the most valuable human assetmedium.com

Ntathu Allen

7 Ways To Defuse Overwhelm When Your Head Is Exploding
Everyone wants to live a peaceful, happy and healthy life.medium.com

Thewriteyard

This Might Be Why 6yr Olds Take So Long to Brush Their Teeth
An Observational Studymedium.com

Remington Write

They’re Wrong About You
From One Freak To All The Othersmedium.com

Jean Carfantan

The Art of Folding
Fleeing algorithm prejudicemedium.com

Tim Ebl

Start One Healthy Habit and Set Off a Chain Reaction of Fabulous in Your Life
Feeling stuck? Focus on one thingmedium.com

Andrew Jazprose Hill

White Blues, Black Blues — Your Blues, My Blues
What Are the Blues, and Who Are They For?medium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

Good Old Fashion Policing On My Trip To New York City
After traveling a couple of more miles toward our destination, Gertie did notice another flashing light and alarm — the…medium.com

Sajina Ignatius

Red Dragons
A poem on bad daysmedium.com

Evaristo Pérez López

Recommendations for Creating Strong Passwords
A quick but essential guide to how to create a password. Safety must be a priority.medium.com

Maria Cross

How to burn fat overnight
Engage with your circadian rhythms and lose weight while you sleep.medium.com

Kiranjeet Kaur

Biofuels-Fuels based on biotechnology
Biologically produced fuelsmedium.com

Mukundarajan V N

The Nobel Prize Perpetuates The Winner-Take-All Paradigm
The Nobel Committees should not ignore scientists who collaborated with the winnersmedium.com

Dr. Preeti Singh

The Peaceful Dawn
The cheerful sunmedium.com

Neha Sandhir S

Mindful Victory
A spiritual haikumedium.com

James G Brennan

Ireland to Athens
A prose response to “musical challenge” with music inspired by the doorsmedium.com

Louise Morris

5 Signs You’ve Reached Your Peaked
#3: You think you can plan your life.medium.com

Marjorie J McDonald

How to Write About the Society Finch
Great additions to your pet familymedium.com

Julia E Hubbel

Stop Feeling Badly About Feeling “Empty”
Why the sudden, silent space inside you is such a good thingmedium.com

Andrew Jazprose Hill

Inductive Reasoning & the Popularity of Fox News
What Polling Shows About Fox and the Myth of Voting Fraudmedium.com

J.D. Harms

Rigidity
A Poemmedium.com

Khannas Kiran

Control 3 Minutes To Change Your Life From Now
Sit down and review your day spent. You will find 80% probably more of your attention in the form of your conversations…medium.com

Erin King

5 Life Lessons I Learned From Working With Toddlers
10 years with children have improved my life as an adult.medium.com

Rebecca Stevens A.

This Is What I Would Do If I Had White Privilege For A Day
I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to bask in white privilege for a full 24 hours. Here is how I imagine it…medium.com

Julia E Hubbel

Five Things I Learned About Resilience From an Obstacle Course
Who knew that a 34-year-old horse would make the best teacher for a 67-year-old rider?medium.com

Bebe Nicholson

Science and Faith Don’t Have to Cancel Each Other Out
We can have bothmedium.com

Tim Ebl

Find Your Killer Morning Writing Routine to Get to the Next Level
It doesn’t have to be hard to get up and write stuffmedium.com

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Five Questions To Increase Curation Chance and Reading Fans
Critical questions serving as a self-editing checklist for writersmedium.com

Zachary Minott

Why You Need To Stop Searching For Love and Romance
How trying to find ‘the one’ is a self-sabotaging mindset and what you should be doing instead.medium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

I Bring You A Promise Of Peace
Practice Self Compassionmedium.com

Agnes Laurens

Must-Reads on ILLUMINATION-Curated
ILLUMINATION-Curated stories that touched me.medium.com

Suntonu Bhadra

‘Multiplier of Five’ Poetry Series
5 days, 5 poetry, in 25 words eachmedium.com

Sajina Ignatius

Back to the Center
Recoil from stress and emotional outbreaks and restore inner balancemedium.com

Isaiah McCall

This Was a Fantastic Year For Black Male Actors
From Michael K. Williams John David Washington, and everyone in between.medium.com

Sabah Ismail✨

A Whatsapp Interview with Someone Who Has Had an Out-of-Body Experience
The story of a young woman who suffered from crippling anxiety and depression for 15 years and is now an award-winning…medium.com

Øivind H. Solheim

Peak Hiking — Good for Both Body and Soul!
To be able to walk in untouched nature on hour-long walks, to sweat and fight your way up, to feel that your body and…medium.com

Geetika Sethi

All About Hard-On’s
A way of life with a lesson on how to handle themmedium.com

Tom Handy

3 Reasons You Should Leave a Publication
Breaking up is hard to do but may be in your best interestsmedium.com

Kris Franklin

NFL Week 7 Bets
Following this blog each week would have you up $300 just for watching football each Sunday.medium.com

Tracy Stengel

Police Can’t Stop a Local Sex Offender from Drawing Children to His Home
The law should do more to protect our childrenmedium.com

Fatim Hemraj

Bipolar Disorder Is a Superpower
Bipolar disorder may be an invisible illness, but those who suffer from it, are notmedium.com

Brandon B. Keith

15 Small Ways You Kill Your Creativity (Without Even Knowing It)
1. You judge your work too earlymedium.com

Marjorie J McDonald

Finches Are Known to be Friendly, Active, and Happy Birds
Extra tips for writing about your pet finchmedium.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

Eunice Gikonyo, Msc Psychology

How To Balance Doing What You Love Vs What You Need To Do
Combine the twomedium.com

Sofiane Ghecham

Done is Better Than Perfect
5 things That May Stand in Your Way and How to Deal With Themmedium.com

Zachary Minott

Legendary Investor, Bill Gross, Says Timing Is The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed
Great insights into startup success after IdeaLab founder, Bill Gross, analyzes the differentiating factors between…medium.com

Shannon Hilson

7 Essential Life Skills I Wish They’d Taught Me in High School
Calculus is cool and all, but I can’t exactly say it’s come in handy.medium.com

Myriam Ben Salem

What I Keep in My Heart From My Corporate Career
I was fortunate enough to meet some incredible people, laugh hysterically and do what felt right no matter what!medium.com

Leo Guinan

My Plan: Give the World F*ck You Money
Everyone Needs That Freedommedium.com

Randy Wolken

How Do You Communicate For Success During This Crisis?
You need 3 types of communication as a leader to thrivemedium.com

Dr. Dion

Six Non-Covid Reasons Why Masks Are the Best Thing Ever
The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced Americans to the previously unfamiliar phenomenon of mask wearing on the other 364…medium.com

Selim Furkan Gul

The Ultimate Guide for Postmodernism: What Is Postmodern Philosophy?
Let me explain the postmodernism, which we encounter frequently but cannot determine exactly what it is.medium.com

Ajay Sharma

Why Should You Not Try to Predict the Future?
Predictions Can blind You to Current Opportunitiesmedium.com

A.M. Cal

Why All Writers are Gerard Way
Finding relatability with a true comic book writermedium.com

Muad Arshad

A personal story on harassment
It is an invisible cry inside a victims, all their livesmedium.com

Primal Dhillon

Letting Go of Negativity
Our world is in our minds.medium.com

Julia E Hubbel

“Please Bear With Us” at Medium
Yeah right. We’ll see.medium.com

Kapil Goel

3 Financial Mistakes You Must Avoid — Once You Start Earning
And how to escape these financial traps.medium.com

Amy Hartsough

3 Good Reasons I’m Waiting to Start a Family
Even Though I Really Want One Nowmedium.com

Deborah Barchi

How A Cat On Your Lap Can Sabotage Your Day
The hypnotic power of purrsmedium.com

M. B. Ahmed

Protective Role of Vitamin C in NSAID-Induced GI injury
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are medicines that are widely used to relieve pain, reduce inflammation…medium.com

Stuart Englander

Note to Self !… The Best Advice I Ever Got
Every one of us goes through this. There’s no shortage of advice either. Most of it is free, and we know what that’s…medium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

How To Move Toward Your Desired Life
Let Go Of Your Old Debrismedium.com

Sebastian Purcell, PhD

Nietzsche, the Stoics, and the Aztecs On The Art of Life
When Fragility Is Strengthmedium.com

Victoria Ichizli-Bartels, Ph.D.

However Small or Big the Leap You Need to Make During the Pandemic, You Will Never Make It Until…
How and why I wrote a little book called “Gameful Isolation.”medium.com

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

No, You Are Not The Only One!
Many writers ask why stats declined substantially. I reflect upon my perspective.medium.com

Thewriteyard

The Thing I Miss Most in This Pandemic
People Watching. It’s a Writer’s Thingmedium.com

Casi Mclean

License To Lie
“Power tends to corrupt; and absolute power corrupts absolutely!” –Lord Actonmedium.com

ILLUMINATION-Curated

Learn About ILLUMINATION-Curated
Essential articles about ILLUMINATION-Curated publicationmedium.com

Maria Cross

Why you should love butter — and bin that ‘healthy’ spread
Why do we keep doing this to ourselves — replacing naturally delicious foods like butter with synthetic, inferior…medium.com

Randy Wolken

What Is Your Smile Ratio?
You are more effective when you are enjoying your lifemedium.com

Jean Carfantan

Empathy Heals Yourself Too
We are so in resonancemedium.com

Anouska Parr

10 Brilliant Things I Have Learnt From My Unconventional Family
And how you can apply them to a conventional life…medium.com

Danwil Reyes

So You Want to be a Great Leader!
What are the skill sets you must possess to be a great leader?medium.com

Desiree Driesenaar

How America Can Transition to a Fair Economy
Lessons from New Zealand, Spain, and our own ‘Pine Tree State’ Maine.medium.com

Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh

Photo Guide To The Making of Sree Durga Ji Idols — Jai Mata Di!
22 October, Shashti is the sixth day of Durga Puja, when the idols may be seen and worshipedmedium.com

Haucem Sadki

What Michelin-starred Chefs Can Teach You About Innovation
Companies, and workers must evolve in a more complex world where it is increasingly difficult to planmedium.com

Geetika Sethi

Desires ’O’ Desires
Are they ever enoughmedium.com

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Why I Suck as a Software Engineer
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From beginner to influencer : Short notes to build your enterprise leadership pathway
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2020 May Be the Year of Anger, but Gary Chapman Has the Solution
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Yearning For Life In The South
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5 Unexpected Ways Working Out Daily Changed My Life for the Better
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Schools Expected to Operate Dauntlessly as Covid Increases Rapidly in England
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My Brain is Screaming Panic Attic
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El Paso: Enthusiastic Journey to Draw Near Separated Children
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Improve Your Important Life Decisions by Listening to Your Intuitions
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A Deep Dive Into Management Thought
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Government Scientists Are Doodling On The Job (You Should Too)
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Five-Minute Writing
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You Might Be An Entrepreneur, But Do You Think Like One?
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Here’s What I Learned — Writing is Like Having 365 Wives
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College Football Bets for 10/24
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7 Things You Should Know Before Getting Married
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Compound V and Second Amendment Rights
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An Essential Guide to knowing the Position of Instagram Regarding Nudes.
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What I did before I quit my job
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Disneyland opening was an epic disaster
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Why I Hate Fortnite
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7 Habits of Success Against Everyday Frustration
For successful people who want to use every minute effectivelymedium.com

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Channelling
Free verse poetrymedium.com

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A Revealing Dream Can Make You Change Your Life
The truth about yourself in the hearts of others shows something has to change.medium.com

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A Productive Quarantine Story
On personal development, finding your passion and dealing with adversity.medium.com

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The Rise of Fake News
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“Fake It Till You Make It” … Or Don’t?
The truth behind self-confidence and why we can’t “fake it”medium.com

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How Autonomous is our Self-driving Vehicles?
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How Large is Your Mental Memory?
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No Good Deed Is Insignificant In Violent Times
Every single sliver of light and love counts right now no matter how small it feels.medium.com

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What the Ancient Egyptians Used to Do With the Brains
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Women’s Empowerment Achilles Heel
Men are ordained by God to lead.medium.com

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It’s Your Hour, America
The whole world is watchingmedium.com

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Importance of Confidentiality in an Individual’s Life
Why is it Essential to Maintain Transparency while Protecting Patient Privacy?medium.com

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21 Quotes That Can Change How You See The World
If adopted, they can change how you think forever.medium.com

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Making Everything Into Racism
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How To Adapt To Change In 3 Easy Steps
If you haven’t learned to adapt to change, life will only get harder for youmedium.com

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Your Child Has A Future
Do not allow their current educational experience to cause you to lose faithmedium.com

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A Surprisingly Accurate Personality Test — Just for You
It takes 5 minutes, it’s fun and there aren’t any boring questionsmedium.com

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There’s Nothing Wrong With Mispronouncing A Name
Mocking a name is a different mattermedium.com

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Two Reasons Might Explain Your Lack of Self-Discipline
Living on auto-pilot and setting the servant leader in you free!medium.com

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To Create The Life You’ve Always Wanted, First Learn To Tame Your Time
The inability to do so will drastically reduce your ability to accomplish great featsmedium.com

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The One Time My Facemask Saved Me From Embarrassment
I knew this damned thing would come in handymedium.com

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What’s happening To Secular India?
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Keep On Keeping On.
Continuity and Adaptability in Changing Times. Ecliptic thoughts.medium.com

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Keep growing as a spirited humanmedium.com

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Dropping The G-Suit Of Decency
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Virtual Reality the Next Big Step in Mental Health Treatment
Using Virtual Reality and Avatars to Improve Mental Healthmedium.com

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Are All White People White Supremacists?
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How Social Medias Steal Your Life and How to Avoid It
Tips you should know to avoid the unwanted influence.medium.com

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Perfect Peace
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Stuck between doing what I want and doing what I shouldmedium.com

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CHECKLIST An Acronym Story
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Great Writing Tips from Business School
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THE Most Important Story in America Right Now
Houston, we have a problem.medium.com

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How to Find Effective Testimony to Prevent an Awful Local Government Decision!
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Why Nuclear Power is Our Only Alternative
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Do They Exist?
A tale that will send shivers down your spinemedium.com

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Maybe Being The Common Denominator In Your Relationships Is A Good Thing
Why do we always assume it to be bad?medium.com

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3Blotting Technique used for Identification of Nucleic Acid
Basics techniques in the genetic engineering fieldmedium.com

Henner Townlove

3Blotting Technique used for Identification of Nucleic Acid
Basics techniques in the genetic engineering fieldmedium.com

Sylvain Saurel

Procrastination Will Always Be a Problem if You Are Not Able to Answer These 3 Questions
It is absolutely necessary to take the time to answer them.medium.com

Francine Fallara

Circadian
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This One Skill Will Improve You in All Aspects of Life
And it is a skill anybody can developmedium.com

Crystal Jackson

This One Skill Will Improve You in All Aspects of Life
And it is a skill anybody can developmedium.com

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

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Love is the Best Kind of Crazy
5 tips for staying centered while falling in lovemedium.com

Godofredo Rojas

If You Don’t Act, It Doesn’t Matter How Many Books You Read
Be aware of it.medium.com

Lee Nourse

Luke, Modern Renaissance Man
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Across The Miles
The struggles of a lover in an Orthodox society.medium.com

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20 Amazing Ways Your Daily Life Will Be Unique in 2030
Thoroughly research technologies covering Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, post-pandemic lifestyle, Material…medium.com

Nihan Kucukural

Success is Like Making Mayonnaise
Never stop stirring.medium.com

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The Perfection Paradox
Seek it and ye shall not findmedium.com

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Do You Have Enough Content for Binge Consumption?
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Here is the Painful Truth About Emotional Intelligence
EQ isn’t what you think it is — and it has a dark secretmedium.com

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The Three Words That Will Improve All Of Your Relationships
One fall afternoon in 2014, I stormed into my boss’ office, furious at another work group. I can’t even remember what I…medium.com

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Ever Thanked a Friend for Being a Lifesaver? You Were More Dead-On Than You Thought.
Friends are more than our confidantes. They are critical to a life well AND long lived.medium.com

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John Muir is My Hero
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We Stand at The Crux: 15 Days Left to Begin the Change to a Better Future
Women’s Rights are on The Linemedium.com

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Salt of the Earth: The Hidden Benefits of Salt
It doesn’t deserve its bad reputationmedium.com

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Is Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Worth Spending a Penny for?
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Taking The Initiative
Why is it so important? And where are we taking it?medium.com

Rebecca Romanelli

Dreams are Our Allies, Even if We Don’t Remember Them
Dreams create the link between our subconscious and conscious mind and can affect our emotions and thoughts after…medium.com

Shrish Tariq

Geminiviruses: Causal Agent of Devastating Plant Diseases
Geminiviruses replicate inside their host cell nucleusmedium.com

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Jigsaw Dreams
I cannot get it together.medium.com

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Voters, Your Choice. Donald Trump or Bruce Springsteen?
No, I’m not making this up: we can’t have bothmedium.com

Penofgold

HUGS Project Sent Love to Children in Detention Centers in El Paso
Australian artist created tiny books for separated kids so “creativity may bring…a moment of joy”medium.com

Brenda Karl

Bittersweet
The taste of a life well-lived.medium.com

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Hey, It’s New To Someone
Why I’ll Keep Sharing “Old” Contentmedium.com

Akeena M.

What is to be found at the Crux of Success?
Resist for short-term relief, embrace for long-term gainmedium.com

Karen Hough

Things I Miss
Not least, I’m mourning my second officemedium.com

Kay T.

My Mother’s Insecurities Resulted in My Own Self-Hatred
If she thinks that of herself, what must she think of me?medium.com

Cheshta Mann

5 Tips to Make Your Post-Retirement Life Easy
#2. Know the magic of compoundingmedium.com

Jill Reid

Are Your Personal Conditional Terms Keeping You From Success?
Compromise is the name of the game for a win-win outcomemedium.com

Pene Hodge

Yesterday I Cried
When you don’t understand what else your children require of you!medium.com

Deborah Levine

Women, Votes and the $20 Bill
Celebrating 100 years of the right to votemedium.com

Allison Gaines

How Facial Recognition Software Became a Disastrous Tool For Law Enforcement
Assessing the technological advancement of racial discriminationmedium.com

Fareeha Arshad

Here Is the Timeless Lesson Bill Gates Learned From Warren Buffett
Gates Even Calls It the ‘Most Important Thing’ He Ever Learnedmedium.com

Jazz Parks

I Turned My Life Around Using These Keystone Habits
“If you focus on changing or cultivating keystone habits, you can cause widespread shifts.” — Charles Duhiggmedium.com

H.Daneel Olivaw

Zazen- How to Find Yourself
4 steps to find your true self. How to be yourself in rush of modern life.medium.com

Alex Crisafulli

Sign The Pledge to Safeguard the Election
Stop the Coming Election Crisismedium.com

Hazel Halil Halim

How to calm down your racing mind?
Left nostril breathing and its benefitsmedium.com

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How a Masked-Lover Loves You
Love behind a mask is never going to get real.medium.com

Kathleen Hall

When Poverty is the Elephant in the Room
The awkwardness of income inequalitymedium.com

Stuart Englander

My Dog Has A Drinking Problem
And it’s probably my faultmedium.com

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The Line-Dried Laundry Smell: Origin and Ingredients
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have studied the phenomena that take place on a wet fabric and they…medium.com

Michael Burg, MD

I’m Asking For What I Want
A ‘medical technical consultant’ gig is my wishmedium.com

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This Is My Story, Welcome Friend
Introducing Diana Bernardomedium.com

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