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ILLUMINATION

Being Paid by the Hour Sucks So Much More Than I Realized

A random tidbit from my foray into freelance writing so far.

4 min readDec 24, 2021

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Being Paid by the Hour Sucks So Much More Than I Realized

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Feedium

3 Reasons I Would Take Back My Most Successful Article

Plus the lesson it taught me

5 min readOct 27, 2021

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3 Reasons I Would Take Back My Most Successful Article

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Age of Awareness

Is Your Cotton Tote Secretly Doing More Harm Than Good?

The beginner’s guide to greener grocery bags

5 min readSep 14, 2021

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A cotton tote filled with apples

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Ascent Publication

3 Reasons Fiction Can Improve Your Life More Than Self-Help Ever Will

The human instinct for storytelling is stronger than we give it credit for.

7 min readSep 1, 2021

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Invisible Illness

How Bojack Horseman Taught Me the Important Mental Health Lesson I Needed to Know

I guess I can stop going to therapy now?

5 min readAug 27, 2021

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How Bojack Horseman Taught Me the Important Mental Health Lesson I Needed to Know

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Predict

The Unexpected Ways Your Eyes Reveal Intelligence, Health, and Attraction

And how they could become the key to detecting Alzheimer's disease early

7 min readAug 17, 2021

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The Unexpected Ways Your Eyes Reveal Intelligence, Health, and Attraction

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Curious

If You Want a Quick Health Boost, Get a Houseplant

Science-backed reasons your living room needs more greenery

4 min readAug 8, 2021

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If You Want a Quick Health Boost, Get a Houseplant

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Books Are Our Superpower

The Most Thought-Provoking 20 Pages I’ve Read This Year

Thoughts on Ted Chiang’s “Hell is the Absence of God”

5 min readAug 7, 2021

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The Most Thought-Provoking 20 Pages I’ve Read This Year

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ILLUMINATION

4 Things You Need To Internalize To Grow

How joining the circus taught me how to learn

5 min readJul 28, 2021

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4 Things You Need To Internalize To Grow

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ILLUMINATION

The Evils of Empathy

Lessons from Buddhism and Science

4 min readJul 19, 2021

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The Evils of Empathy

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Mia Thompson

Mia Thompson

A student writing about psychology, books, mental health, science, and anything else I find fascinating. Support me here: https://medium.com/@mia.t/membership

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