Stories from ILLUMINATION on Medium

Enjoyable Stories by ILLUMINATION Writers on Medium

My reading list today

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Selected Stories from ILLUMINATION Today

Please enjoy!

Featured Stories

Sinem Günel

How I Gained +15,000 Followers on Medium in Less Than 10 Months
Here’s an honest overview of everything I did and the bullshit strategies I avoided.medium.com

Erin King

The Perfect Micro-Workout For Writers That Won’t Kill Your Flow
Get your exercise without losing precious writing time.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

Michael Patanella

The Wrath Of Loneliness
And the path it takesmedium.com

Louie Rahil, MBA

Our Biggest Challenge
Can we protect our customers and employees at the same time?medium.com

John Ross

Why Illumination Grew So Quickly
Perspective from a writermedium.com

Khadejah Jones

3 Ways to Be an Effective Productivity Activist
Advocate for productivity like you mean it.medium.com

Naf Beltran

Voice Tweet Was A Thing
Until Twitter forgot that there are 466 million people with hearing lossmedium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

Confessions of a 7 year old bartender
He also told me to cooperate with her and be as helpful as possiblemedium.com

Emily Wilcox

We are Starmade
A poem about our deepest connectionsmedium.com

Patrick M. Ohana

You’re Never Alone
Ask yourself if you aremedium.com

Zul Bal

Why Medium’s New Symbol Rubs Us Wrong Way
We may learn to live with it, but we may not learn to love it.medium.com

Sau-Wai Wong

Wind ….“extremely expensive, kills all the birds…”
my thoughts on energy transition to renewable solar and wind energymedium.com

Andrew Poletto

The Main Reason Why I Don’t Have An iPhone
To me it’s an obvious reason. Others may call it petty, but it is what it is.medium.com

Ashley Broadwater

Medium Featured My Article After Two Publications Rejected It
Never give up hope or feel bad about yourself.medium.com

Quy Ma

How to Fire Your Employee and Make Sure They Leave With Their Head Held High
Their self-worth will be shattered after hearing the words. Make sure they leave with their dignity intact.medium.com

Bobby Dubey

Positive Workaholism.
In Defence of Hustle Culture.medium.com

Shyamdeo Ranjan

Reluctant to Read a Books Start With These 5 Books
Books are tiny, but the lesson is beyond the decades.medium.com

Kimberly Thomas

Morning
A poemmedium.com

Luqman Abdi

Managing Overconfidence While Investing
Keep yourself in checkmedium.com

Enja

How To Worry A Little Less In Times Of Panicky Moments
We obsess over our desire and ambition.medium.com

Trista Ainsworth

The Ever Flowing Garage
In an abundant world, projects are always flowingmedium.com

Maryam Merchant

To All Writers Who Feel Unmotivated to Write Today
It’s not just you who can’t write they are many on the listmedium.com

Aurellia T. Elisha

How to Use Your Brain’s Weakness to Stop Being a Nervous Wreck When Facing Big Moments
Repeat “This is nothing big” until it becomes your truth.medium.com

Vee Goldman

Tired Of Being Tired
Admitting to yourself it’s all getting too muchmedium.com

Louis Dennis

One thousand
a micropoemmedium.com

Agnes Laurens

Tree Through The Window
A moving tree?medium.com

Matthew Royse

3 Simple Yet Powerful Tips to Rise Above the Marketing Clutter
In an ever-growing stream of information, how do you stand out?medium.com

Terry Trueman

One Thing is Everything . . . Sometimes
A brief philosophical flirtation with relativity . . . sort of . . .medium.com

Alejandra V.S.

What a Sci-Fi Movie About Clones Can Teach Us About Happiness
Congratulations! You’re going to the Island.medium.com

Sofia Isabel Kavlin

Selfishness or Self-Love
When saying no becomes an act of self-compassion.medium.com

McCain T.E.

What’s in your Space Between/
There is too wide of a space between…medium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

The Importance Of Being Listened To
At 11:00 AM I was let into the room where my listener was waiting… He said nothing. He apparently took his job…medium.com

Zhenya Zerkalenkov

A Small Thing to Help You Achieve Your Big Goals
Overseen and underestimated by so many peoplemedium.com

Patsy Fergusson

New Stories We Love
What’s happening on Fourth Wavemedium.com

Kylie Craft

First Heartbreak: Evil In The Form Of A Teenage Girl
I have never met anybody capable of such pure evilmedium.com

Sabana Grande

Children’s Creativity HACK For Success In Life
And WHY Did Steve Jobs Create The iPhone?medium.com

Greg Barber

My Monster
Poetrymedium.com

Harry Hogg

A Bear with Violet Gums
Or an author with his hands on the ejector handle.medium.com

Tom Handy

I Was Scammed Again. This is What I Learned.
With a shaky economy, people are trying to scam you out of your moneymedium.com

Susannah MacKinnie

Please Vote
It is time to make a choicemedium.com

Caroline de Braganza

What a Fascinating Mathematical Sequence of Numbers
Fibonacci poetry is easy if you understand the logicmedium.com

Steve Alexander🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

The Proust Questionnaire Answered by Steve Alexander🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 for Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA
Honest Answers to Eighteen of Marcel Proust’s Questions About Oneself That Might Reveal More About One Than One Would…medium.com

Bill Abbate

How to Make Sense of the Two Fundamental Leadership Styles
What style of leadership do you prefer?medium.com

Janice Arenofsky

Surprise! I’m Coming for You
Why I hate and fear surprises in all formsmedium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

I Search For Peace of Mind
We jump off the bridgemedium.com

Scott Hickman

6 Best Places to Cross-Post your Blog Content
A complete list of the best places to cross-post your blog content to increase website trafficmedium.com

Ivette Cruz

As a Journey
Sometimes we get lostmedium.com

Jessica Lynn

How I Lost 20 Pounds and Got to My Pre-Trump Weight
The last election triggered the emotional eating I learned in childhood.medium.com

ILLUMINATION

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

Jammie Phillips Ed.S

Heartbreak & Healing
Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for…medium.com

Amanze Collins

The 5 WoundsThat Prevent Your Growth | Outdo Yourself
Ever heard of the 5 soul wounds that prevent your growth? I am talking about humiliation, rejection, abandonment…medium.com

A.j Thomas

Rickle
A poem about our choice of reaction to problems is how simple our solution becomesmedium.com

Emel Bayramoglu

You Are More Than Your Productivity
5 lessons to rid of success urge and ironically be more successfulmedium.com

Agnes Laurens

Numbers of Children
Being a school lunchtime supervisor.medium.com

Anggun Bawinur

Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Stand up for Yourself
A step-by-step guide to speaking up and getting what you deservemedium.com

Patrick M. Ohana

The Longest Word
Everett M. Smith goes to hellmedium.com

Dr. Preeti Singh

The Little Pup Momo
The darling of all (Tanka)medium.com

Aurellia T. Elisha

When I die
A poem about leaving loved ones.medium.com

Andrea Audenino

Why password managers are secure and you should start using them
So you’re like me. Skeptical when it comes to security and how to safely store your sensitive data. But over the last…medium.com

Amanze Collins

How To Manage Anger | The Energy That Is Misplaced
Are you looking for methods or ideas to understand how to manage anger?medium.com

Chad Rayborn

Your Intelligence Is Needed
You Are More Important Than You Thinkmedium.com

Anaïs Schlienger

3 Behaviors That Will Boost Your Career
Stop talking and start doing: Mellody Hobson’s secrets to successmedium.com

Marcus Musick

Why Publishing White Papers are Critical for Content Marketing
How you can use white papers to grow your businessmedium.com

Abhishek Verma

Be One
A Mental Health Poetrymedium.com

The Dozen

A Message to Medium Trolls
“Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence.” — Jorge Luis Borgesmedium.com

Madmusings

How I signed off one hour of my life!
The digital dividemedium.com

Chad Rayborn

How Change, Changed Me
Overcoming depression with the simplestmedium.com

Fleurine Tideman

I Never Knew I Was Ambitious
And you might not realise either.medium.com

Denise Garratt

Cat Food and Crackers
Getting Through Life With a Little Humormedium.com

A. S. Deller

How to Beat the Mid-Afternoon Slump
For me, it seemed to start in high school. I would return to classes after lunch and, inevitably, sometime around 2–3…medium.com

Anne Varvel

5 Tips to Use Hashtags Strategically for Blog Post Promotion
You pour your heart and soul into your blog, so of course you want your work to be read and enjoyed. Unfortunately, the…medium.com

Douglas Pilarski

Perfect Pitch
Power Through your Investor Presentationmedium.com

Enne Cruzin

Even Though You’re Struggling, You Can Still Become a Symbol of Hope
I joined a school pageant to get my crush’s attention. He became my boyfriend.medium.com

Sirin Yakob

I love my skin too! AND LET ME!!
Growing as a brown girl as always been a struggle cause everything you do would affect your marriage or you getting…medium.com

Niru

The Proust Questionnaire
Answered by Nirumedium.com

Oskar Yildiz

4 Habits To Boost Your Success
And no they’re not exercising, eating well, or making your bed.medium.com

Louie Rahil, MBA

How to End Negative Self Talk in 3 Steps
Examples of how top performers silence negative self-talkmedium.com

EP McKnight, MEd

How Bullying is Not the Answer but the Problem
Bullying comes from the insecure, and the inferiormedium.com

Lanu Pitan

Nutritional Benefits Of Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a very popular orange winter squash, made famous in Halloweenmedium.com

Camille Allard

8 Habits to Make Your Lovemaking More of a Spirit Experience
Having sex is related with a different type of spiritualitymedium.com

Emily Wilcox

The Boy on the Roof
A poem about a strangermedium.com

Sean Smith

My Not-so-little $5k/Month White Paper Side-Hustle
A Former tech CMO explains how to break into this lucrative writer’s nichemedium.com

Jesse J Rogers

4 Mentors to Challenge Your Limits
Redefine what your potential really ismedium.com

Ephraim Champion

You Already Know What You Have To Do. Don’t You?
No one is telling you anything different.medium.com

Marne Platt

Dear COVID Rebels
How do you sleep?medium.com

Emmanuel Yerumoh

11 Lessons On Relationships From A Successful Lawyer In His Prime
“I never made this mistake. But the first time I did, the deal later went south fast”.medium.com

Enne Cruzin

12 Reminders If You’re Feeling Anxious
One minute of #NoteToSelfmedium.com

Handriani Puspita

Find The Keys To Cultivate Reading Habit
Start small and progress over timemedium.com

Markus Scorelius

Disillusioned by Trump, Conspiracy Theorists Need to Support the Democratic Party
Trump’s non-disclosure of “the truth” betrays conspiracy theorists everywhere.medium.com

Erin King

4 Reasons Why Consistency Is Important For Toddlers
Once you understand, it makes perfect sense.medium.com

Anthony M. Davis

When First Impressions Of People Are Not Reliable
The silly way I learned a valuable lessonmedium.com

Kaz Matsune

What Does Fresh Fish Smell Like?
Fresh fish does NOT smell fishy.medium.com

Ella Pearson

Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time; Learn How to Create It Yourself
You’re not too busy. Here’s whymedium.com

Priyesh Patel

Have Netflix and co taken over cinema?
Do you remember going to the cinemas for birthday parties and family events? I do. As a kid whenever it was one of my…medium.com

Johnathan Reeper

5 Key Aspects Of A Succesful Blogger
Shortcut your success, and become the next big bloggermedium.com

Elena Emma

Spaghettified By Waiting
Did you hear that the black hole has eaten the star yesterday? The spaghettificiation, according to astrophysicists, is…medium.com

Enne Cruzin

To be honest…
Maybe I’m extra emotional this week because I’m on my period.medium.com

Martin Andersson Aaberge

Will the New Dymaic Design Change How We Look at Headlines? Slightly
Remember when Niklas Göke taught us all how long a headline should be?medium.com

The Maverick Files

Three 10-Minute Habits for Lifelong Benefits
Prompted by Quora, backed by science and verified by personal experiencemedium.com

Geetika Sethi

The Circle of Life = The Laws of Karma
What goes around always comes around, so make your choices carefullymedium.com

Jack Krier

Who You Are Today is a Result of Yesterday’s Priorities
Change your priorities to change your tomorrowmedium.com

Ashish Nishad

How to get rid of Negative Thoughts?
“Creating mental images that involve the things that you want to memorize.”medium.com

💾 Aivaras Guja

If Happiness Doesn’t End it Becomes a Nightmare
There isn’t a more terrifying place than heaven…medium.com

Bob Jasper

“Where the Crawdads Sing”
Review of the Audible Audio Bookmedium.com

Ashley Jane

5 Ways I Get Inspired To Write
How often do you find yourself staring at a blank page?medium.com

ZEN CHAN

How Not to Click “forgot password” Anymore, Once and for All — Advanced
Why and how to use Multi-Factors Authentication (MFA)medium.com

H.Daneel Olivaw

Entrepreneurship 101: lessons from S. Walton, J. Bezos, H. Ford, H. Schultz
Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, Henry Ford, and Howard Schultz all applied these principles, grew them into habits. You can…medium.com

Naouress Akrouti

Narcissistic Leadership And Business Growth
“Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.” — Henry Fordmedium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

A Challenge to All Writers On Our Illumination Slack Channel
Join the Conversationmedium.com

Stevie Wilkinson

Applications that Make All Aspects of Writing on Your Phone Easy
Free, writing applications that I use daily.medium.com

Justin Phillips

3 Mistakes to Avoid If You Want the Best Talent.
Freelancing Platforms Are a Fantastic Tool for Clients and Freelancers Alike, but We Need to Use Them Correctly.medium.com

Amanze Collins

Bent But Not Broken
Rediscover yourself and take back what’s yoursmedium.com

Ava Marie LaMonica

Is Being a DoorDash Driver Worth it?
Weighing the pros and cons of being a DoorDash driver.medium.com

Felipe Sanchez

Regaining your Inspiration to Write
Sometimes we as writers need to rediscover our creativity.medium.com

Jess Tam

How Your Interests During Childhood Can Be the Key to Unlocking Your Life’s Purpose
Oprah suggests talking to your inner child to help reveal your rooted passionsmedium.com

Lawson Wallace

Three Dogs at the Squadron Picnic
Dogs are smarter than we knowmedium.com

Cristinamiceli

Last Week’s News
A summary of the most important news that happened last week in the worldmedium.com

Colin Munro Wood

Trump Will Lose: Here’s Why
Donald J. Trump will lose the election by ten percent, as voters flock to the polls.medium.com

Harry Hogg

A Cable Car Ride
Ridden all the way to Mendocinomedium.com

Vee Goldman

It’s Always Running Out
And we always want moremedium.com

Sachin Mishra

2020 is the Worst year in Mankind?
Only if the Man is kind enough to spare coming yearsmedium.com

Molly Jo Triplett: The Wonder Compass

Fall Into A Season of Joys Meditation
“Every Mindful Step Says, I Don’t Want To Miss The Wonder’s of Life,” — Thich Nhat Hanhmedium.com

Cortney Cino

The Life & Career Questions I Ask Myself Since My Dad’s Unexpected Passing
There is nothing like the self-reflection caused by mortality’s smack in the face.medium.com

Kim McKinney

Working Naked — I Don’t Believe The Statistics
What are you wearing?medium.com

The Dozen

Write as if You’re Learning How to Walk
Learn from toddlers.medium.com

Bill Abbate

How to Change Your Life by Working for You, Incorporated
Immediately change from being an employee to a solopreneurmedium.com

Anita Durairaj

A Job Loss Triggered My Shopping Addiction
The lesson I had to learn and the fear that I could relapsemedium.com

June Carlyle

My Life in Quotes
Tears in Heavenmedium.com

Liam Ireland

The Proust Questionnaire Answered by Liam Ireland
Like life, I’m only in it for the laughs.medium.com

Jim McAulay🍁

Make America Great Again
Take a stand for Democracymedium.com

Geetika Sethi

D.I.B.S
It’s a gluten-free, low cal treat that’s yummy on its own but yummier with some cutting chai.medium.com

Lynda Coker

#3 Writing Idea of The Day Challenge
Writing Challenge — Idea #3 — Have you ever been drawn to something — Like a moth to a flame?medium.com

Rick Chen

Face Wash And A Revitalizing Body Lotion
A story about an honest mistake I made.medium.com

Mario Lopez-Goicoechea

Living in a Multilingual World
The one about the MLF teacher and his pupilmedium.com

Annelise Lords

What Is The Truth?
A Story about the Truth and Politricks.medium.com

G.R. MELVIN

KNOCK INSTEAD ON A LOCKSMITH’S DOOR
.medium.com

Patricia Joseph

C’mon America, We Can Do Better!
The decision we make in a few days will show who we really are.medium.com

Taha Abbas

7 Deadly Words By My Mother
How I lived in terror during my childhoodmedium.com

Mike Goldberg

This is the Best Cure for Imposter Syndrome
Tough experiences earn itmedium.com

Riku Arikiri

How To Fail With Purpose
Failure is the catalyst that propels you in the direction of finding your purpose.medium.com

The Everyday Poet

The Little Green Men of America
The secret police arrests protestors here
Like the little green men back in Crimea.medium.com

Matt Inman

The 5 Essential “Tech” Tools for Your Home Office
Gear not to be overlooked in the quest for more productivitymedium.com

Mark Ellis

How to Find Your First Freelance Clients (and keep them)
And no, it doesn’t involve costly pay-per-click advertising or giving away your time for free.medium.com

Pelin(e) Kaya

5 Practical Tips for the Financially Challenged Professional
Does money go in one pocket and out the other? Here’s what you can do.medium.com

Cecily Lawless

British and American Humo(u)r: What’s the Difference?
Who would have noticed another madman round here?medium.com

Audrey Malone

What if we are living in a computer simulation like “The Matrix”?
How do we really know that we’re not? Hmmm.medium.com

Lulu deCarron

The Tragic Story Of Margaret Holloway
“The Shakespeare Lady”medium.com

A. S. Deller

Solve for X and Avoid Decision Paralysis
A logical method for helping to make difficult choices in life and work.medium.com

Tee, Conscious Creative

Top 10+ Modern Female Vocalists
And a quick commentary on segregation in music and the disappearing Black singermedium.com

Binlong Li

A software engineer’s view of pandemic
From the working environment setting to a software engineer’s view of pandemic.medium.com

Dr. Preeti Singh

Beautiful Roses
Awestruckmedium.com

Abhishek Verma

Listen
A Mental Health Poetrymedium.com

Boateng Sekyere

7 Common Things to Avoid Doing Online if You Want to Be Well-Respected
And what you should consider doing insteadmedium.com

Randy Wolken

What Gives You The Rest You Need Now?
Rest gives you the energy you need to be awesomemedium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

The Proust Questionnaire Answered by Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA
Join the Conversationmedium.com

Mayank Pamnani

My First Month Earnings on Medium and 3 Tips for New Writers
It’s a great learning curve.medium.com

Erika Chaudhary

Pakistan — what Happened when I jumped into a Deep end
What tourists don’t seemedium.com

Kimberly Thomas

Becoming
A brief story of belonging.medium.com

Rita Arosemena P.

The Woman I Love Has Become A Memory
A poem about an absent love.medium.com

Vee Goldman

Just Being In The Moment
Of beingmedium.com

Esther George

Just Stop Giving A Damn And See How Your Life Changes For The Better
It’s really possible to let gomedium.com

Tiffany Ciccone

I Just Found Out I’m Entitled.
What I’m Learning about Myself as I Deliver Groceriesmedium.com

Justin Phillips

5 Ways You Can Get Paid to Learn.
Why Pay to be Taught, When These Jobs Will Pay You to Learn?medium.com

Marco Antonio Ghiani

LinkedIn Will Kill You: Stop Shaming
This is simply an account of someone who followed Linkedin from the beginning, noticed that since then, things have…medium.com

EP McKnight, MEd

America Needs More Mr. Rogers
How one man made a profound difference in the neighborhoodmedium.com

Gayle Kurtzer-Meyers

Expect the Unexpected
Finding love between the pagesmedium.com

Beth Bradford, Ph.D.

How to Use Block and Pull Quotes
Being consistent in your writing style can add to your credibility.medium.com

Paul Myers MBA

Not Everything New Is Good for You
A story about the pain of innovationmedium.com

Agnes Louis

Things I Would Change From My Own Upbringing When I Raise My Children
#1 — Mistake is not a bad thing.medium.com

Jack Heimbigner

Childhood Memories From My Grandmother’s Kitchen
Challenge Acceptedmedium.com

Zafer

The Golden Rule for Success
The easiest thing to domedium.com

Anggun Bawinur

You Deserve a Break — the World Can Wait
Don’t burn yourself outmedium.com

Vee Goldman

And On The Seventh Day
A Haikumedium.com

Imad

A Culture Colonized
Reclaiming its identitymedium.com

Dan Chigwada

Don’t Just Get Through Life, Actually Live It
How to stop unconsciously missing out on lifemedium.com

Jordan Mendiola

The Double Life of Lawrence Bader
A man disappears unexpectedly, then reappears as a TV show host under a different name three years latermedium.com

Naf Beltran

Will I Be a More Successful Writer if I Was White?
A question my inner critic asksmedium.com

Tree Langdon, CPA, CGA

Here’s What Can Happen When You Meet Other Writers
You Will Be Inspired!medium.com

John Green

Shadows
Look closely to see the truthmedium.com

Matan Valdman

Why Tesla and Elon Musk changed the Model S pricing
Tesla Model S is about to get a bit less expensive $69,420.medium.com

Karyin Ow

Who Is Knocking on My Door?
10 reasons you agreed to change for a better life. It is from the inside.medium.com

MuddyGirlWrites

Finding the Right Words for Today
How ‘Saudade’ describes what I’m feeling right nowmedium.com

Sanjith Katta

Focus On The Right Stat For Curation
There’s ONE metric you’re probably overlooking right now!medium.com

Erin King

Parenting Isn’t Magic, It’s A Skill Set
I’m sharing my most effective strategies from 10-years in daycare and my experience as a parent.medium.com

David Kingsbury

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Time Management
A few simple principles are all you needmedium.com

Lena Le

Conversations in the Dark
I find comfort with you.medium.com

Marcus Franke

The 4 Most Important Metrics If You Are Just Starting Your Passive Income With Stocks
All you need to know to make your first step into financial independencemedium.com

Emily Wilcox

The Wavelengths of Life
A poem about the lightness of beingmedium.com

Bee

3 Easy Ways to Change Your Mindset After A Major Break-Up
There is no good or bad, there is only thinking.medium.com

Stephen Marks

What Biden and Harris Should Be Saying About Covid
The case is clear. They need to lay it out.medium.com

Matthew Royse

The Simple Formula for Making More Money on Medium
Hint: it’s buried in the Medium Partner Program help pagemedium.com

Denise G

The Intersection
A poemmedium.com

Jim McAulay🍁

How The Captain Of The Pueblo Hammered His Captors
With A Punmedium.com

Liam Ireland

How To Get The Best Out Of Illuminating Illumination
A SHORT SERIES OF GUIDES TO GET YOU ON YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS!medium.com

Megan Holstein

Productivity Advice Isn’t Only for Rich White Men
Productivity skills can help anyone, regardless of circumstancemedium.com

Rose Malana

Chase Me
I’m annoying and everyone thinks
I’m a burden, a problem, a gnat
Nobody cares, I begin to sink
Should be used to this…medium.com

Tobou Egbekun

The day the Nigerian Government thought us how to be Immortal
The past few weeks have been quite crazy, not just for me but for the whole Nigeria, We got tired of police brutality…medium.com

Janice Arenofsky

WHOOO ARE YOU?
Animals I merge withmedium.com

Vinita

Know When You Need To Pull The Plug
Gain over painmedium.com

The Everyday Poet

Break Down All Walls
It’s a blemish on the human race
That some walls can be seen from space.medium.com

Riku Arikiri

When You Feel Like Shit, Do These 4 Things
A piece of realistic advice on how to sort out your bad days from someone who already did it.medium.com

Jayden Yugie

The Men Who Tried To Kill Justin Bieber
It was plotted by a Bieber Superfan who’s a convicted killer.medium.com

iGEMStv — Jon Fitzgerald

Music & Movies
10 of the Greatest Concert Docs of All Timemedium.com

Liam Ireland

How The Modern World Should Be
Life in Japan has a lot to teach usmedium.com

Michael Wilkins

Beards: A Love Story
An explanatory article about growing and taking care of a beard.medium.com

Keira Fulton-Lees

Empty Echoes, Poetry by Keira Fulton-Lees
Empty Echoes Falling Through The Memories That Are Gone…medium.com

Ntathu Allen

Love Yourself First. What, Even Girls like Us?
a missive for all women who are abused and lied tomedium.com

J. P. Temps

Why ‘The Alchemist’ is An Awful Book
The self-help idea behind The Alchemist is that you don’t need other people to achieve your goals and succeed in life…medium.com

Ivette Cruz

Autumn is Here
Poetrymedium.com

Dr John Rose

Saga of The New Frypan.
Breakfast Stuck to the Old One. Couldn’t tell where Breakfast Ended and Frypan Started.medium.com

Joe Luca

Relationships At Their Best
How to Fix or Maintain Themmedium.com

Denny Enroll

Do You Know Your Heart Has Its Own Brain?
The one thing everyone needs to hear about heart consciousnessmedium.com

Kyle Chastain

How Box Breathing Restores Your Focus and Reduces Anxiety
A three-minute routine that has a lasting impact.medium.com

Franko French

LORD MIND
A Haikumedium.com

Malky McEwan

Two things Biden should have said to Trump
It takes a strength of character few possess.medium.com

Jennifer Friebely

Chief Justice Roberts Probably Views Trump With Disgust
The Chief Justice should not play pokermedium.com

Terry Mansfield

Something To Chew On
Sometimes you just gotta do what you just gotta do.medium.com

A. Rani

3 Eating Habits I Want to Raise My Kids On
When will eating healthy be normal?medium.com

Deepak Sethi

The Charismatic Superstar.
Delusions of a fan.medium.com

Bobby Dubey

COVID-19 is that you? It’s me, Bobbie.
An open letter to the Pandemic.medium.com

Selma

Get Up, Get Ready, and Go Be Great
Do it as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life.medium.com

Julian Drach

Don’t Wait for Motivation to Strike
The art of starting before you are ready.medium.com

Karen Madej

Weekly Wisdom from Karen
#shortstoriesmedium.com

CR Mandler MAT

Too Sexy For Myself
Meow. Meow. Meow.medium.com

GFC: Grown Folk Conversations

When A Friend Brought a Frenemy To My Party Brene Brown Confirmed My Personal Growth on Red Table…
Focus on the message not the messengermedium.com

d’Viggo

The Dream Is Gone
A BROKEN DREAMmedium.com

Gordon Toy

The One Author All QAnon Followers Should Read
The antidote to conspiracies lies in the biggest conspiracy ever devisedmedium.com

Brian Dickens Barrabee

Preaching To The Choir
Mrs. Kline was the youth choir director. When my mother and aunt told her they were going to enroll Kit and I in the…medium.com

Jazz Parks

Here’s My Powerful Five-Step Method To Accomplish Any Goal
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