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We only accept 20% of submissions we receive, follow the guidelines below to increase your odds…… ¶ We’d love to accept a higher percentage, but many of the submissions don’t fit what we’re looking to publish. ¶ Keep in mind that this is a labor of love for us, and we receive many submissions every single day. So, we have a limited ability to provide feedback on every submission we receive. ¶ Editorial Guidelines ¶ Focused on improvement. The message conveyed must help people get to the next point in their lives.
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Joel MwakasegeFeb 16

A One Minute Life Tips Guide

A guide to make your reading here worth while. This is where you will find all things you need to know about our publication.(Updated) ¶ If you love people and believe in change then this is the right place to be. I believe if a person is loved enough, cared for enough, he will be willing to learn, to change, challenge, improve anything. ¶ This is where you will find all the links that can make your reading and writing experience more rewarding. ¶ How To Be Added As Author And Submit Articles To Life Tips ¶ Send an old fashioned email to [email protected]
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Joel MwakasegeFeb 26, 2015

Behind the Scenes: How (and Why) Life Tips Exists

It’s time to take a moment to talk about what I’ve learned thus far from curating articles in Life Tips.Medium is a moving target as are all things born from our age. ¶ Meaning things change quickly much more than we know or care to admit. Much has been altered around here, but what I will be sharing with you here, today, are the practices that have stood the test of time for me. ¶ The Beginning ¶ Life Tips was a delightful accident. ¶ At the time, I was reading a lot of stories with thrill and gusto in them.
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Joel MwakasegeSep 25, 2015
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When nothing seems to go right

When nothing seems to go right

You have to realise things are going to get better soon.
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Pranav Balasubramanian9 hrs ago

My Brother, the Unabomber

A deeply personal interview with the family of the man who was once the most sought terrorist in the USWe meet in the middle of nowhere, a vast prairie in the Southwest. David Kaczynski and his wife Linda Patrik prefer not to reveal their exact location, even after all these years. “My brother has a fan club,” David says. Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Unabomber, was once the most sought after terrorist in the US. Between 1978 and 1995, he mailed 16 bombs, killed three people, and injured 23. The FBI dubbed him the Unabomber, because he sent his bombs to universities and airlines.
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Michaela HaasFeb 25

Dreaming of You

Sometimes I wake up and think of you and realize you were in my dream. The dream seems so real that I reach out to embrace you.Sometimes I am sure you are here, but I am unable to find you. It feels too real for it to have been a dream, and if it was I am upset that I am awake and you are not here with me. ¶ I lie back and the sadness sweeps over my soul and the longing won’t leave me alone. I fall back to sleep and awaken once more to the realization that I didn’t dream of you again, and I feel disappointed. ¶ I get out of bed and walk to the window.
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Danna Colman19 hrs ago

A Love Letter For Real People

No frills, just the truth.I believe in you, babe. ¶ I believe in pouring myself out for you, for us. ¶ I believe you’re worth my time, as much of it as you want. ¶ I believe you’re proof that God loves me, even when I let Him down. ¶ I believe in second chances, third ones and several more afterward. We're not perfect. ¶ I believe your flaws are a part of your humanity, and I accept them along with the better parts of you.
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Oreoluwa Fakoredeyesterday
Learning to draw through illustrating gigs

Learning to draw through illustrating gigs

I’ve always liked to draw, but it wasn’t until recently that I realized I wanted to make a career of it.
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Zoe OlsonApr 3
How my Personal Nightmare Became My Professional Success

How my Personal Nightmare Became My Professional Success

Why would an otherwise rational and somewhat normal person be afraid of their phone? For me, the answer turned out to be that I am still…
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Sarah Nadavyesterday
What I Mean When I Say “Love”

What I Mean When I Say “Love”

I do not expect you to complete me. I want you to be there to support me throughout our lives while I continue to grow and search and learn…
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Justine BronsonMar 28
No More Crispy Home Fries

No More Crispy Home Fries

Was it an act of defiance? Once again, I requested extra crispy home fries. This time though, I was secretly mired in conflict. I love my…
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Rob Brownyesterday
Steal My $M Business. I Challenge You.

Steal My $M Business. I Challenge You.

You have 30 days, and 90% of the homework is already done for you.
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Jasky SinghApr 3
How to Inspire With Integrity by Being Yourself

How to Inspire With Integrity by Being Yourself

The “guru,” never tells you about the fact that his current marriage is failing, he feels like a fraud, and is riddled with self-doubt.
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Ayodeji Awosika2 days ago
How Loss Shapes Us and Makes Us Stronger

How Loss Shapes Us and Makes Us Stronger

Several years ago, during a very trying time in my life, I was watching a documentary on the Buddha. Ostensibly, I was doing research on a…
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J.T. Ellison3 days ago
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Were Doing, That You Should Be Avoiding (According to Our Doctors)

10 Things You Didn’t Know You Were Doing, That You Should Be Avoiding (According to Our Doctors)

Are you doing something every day that could be complicating your life?
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Keck Medicine of USC2 days ago
Fear is a thing

Fear is a thing

What we couldn’t carve in stone and stamp on paper what is neither alone nor without a God what doesn’t move on grass or wall, or in trees…
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Sleepless in Delhi4 days ago
Never EVER Underestimate Others — My 2 Cents

Never EVER Underestimate Others — My 2 Cents

I’ve always been underestimated.
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Yasmina “aka Spark”Oct 23, 2015
Martial Arts: Get Hit, Get Bruised & Keep Going!

Martial Arts: Get Hit, Get Bruised & Keep Going!

If I had learned one thing since I started martial arts training, it would be that no matter how hard you get hit, you get up and keep…
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Yasmina “aka Spark”Nov 4, 2015
My Daughter Remembers

My Daughter Remembers

My daughter remembers losing her first tooth
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Danna Colman3 days ago
8 things I’ve learned since moving to San Francisco

8 things I’ve learned since moving to San Francisco

From unpopular nicknames to disconcerting toilet design, here are some friendly words of warning for anyone arriving from outside of the…
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Olivia SolonMar 30
Wiping out ANY Spammer With One Killer Email

Wiping out ANY Spammer With One Killer Email

Thank me later, said a wise Drake.
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Jasky Singh3 days ago
7 Note-Taking App Alternatives

7 Note-Taking App Alternatives

By Francesco D’Alessio
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Francesco D'AlessioApr 2
The Eleven Year Old Refugee

The Eleven Year Old Refugee

The inspiration
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Sahar AbboudFeb 22
A Memory: The Apartment at Windy Hill.

A Memory: The Apartment at Windy Hill.

Just after the first divorce.
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Todd Hannula 🤓5 days ago
Jump Off the Career Ladder, Save Your Life

Jump Off the Career Ladder, Save Your Life

Let’s ditch career advice and reconnect with the world to find ‘achievement’
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Heidi K. Isern3 days ago
The Reality of Breaking Into Startups

The Reality of Breaking Into Startups

The First Product You Build Is Yourself
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Ruben Harris4 days ago
Are You My Mentor?

Are You My Mentor?

Measuring Success When You Feel Anything But Successful
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Meg FureyMar 28
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“Do you honestly enjoy life? If yes, how do you do it?”

“Do you honestly enjoy life? If yes, how do you do it?”

Yes. I do.
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Matt Hearnden4 days ago
Love is Change.

Love is Change.

Love is a few moments in time, followed by an eternity of situations to grow from.
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Demetra Demi Gregorakis4 days ago
I’m almost finished with college, but I might quit

I’m almost finished with college, but I might quit

Once this spring semester is over I’ll have just seven classes left to take in order to (finally) get my B.A. degree. Tomorrow marks the…
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Jason Flamm4 days ago
On giving undue credit to the most undeserving

On giving undue credit to the most undeserving

There is a piece of credit that I gave someone in the past that has been immortalised, much to my chagrin!
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OrisirisiApr 3
“How do I get back my self-esteem?”

“How do I get back my self-esteem?”

Write down everything that’s important to you. The amount of people that have found excuses not to do this… it’s baffling. When I did this…
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Matt Hearnden4 days ago
The best!

The best!

1. Those extra minutes dozing after your other person gets out of bed and leaves you with the full stretch of cool sheets all to yourself.
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evanyApr 2
The Dark Side of Creativity

The Dark Side of Creativity

Like many of the stories I tell, this one begins with an enlightening conversation over get-to-know-you coffee.
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Ben Noble5 days ago
How Writing 10 Ideas a Day Improved My Life

How Writing 10 Ideas a Day Improved My Life

Finding great pleasure in crossing tasks off of a to-do list; I’ve been a list writer since I can remember.
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MicheletheTrainerMar 27
Beating the New Grad Slump

Beating the New Grad Slump

Or, how to live life with intent in your early 20s
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Karen Hao5 days ago
The Late Evening Show

The Late Evening Show

I was assuming it was six o’clock in the evening. There was supposed to be a clock on the terminus façade but I never saw it working. The…
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Sleepless in DelhiMar 25
Must I _____?

Must I _____?

Fill in the blank with what you do
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Johnson Kee5 days ago
The Biggest Lie I Believed About My Marriage

The Biggest Lie I Believed About My Marriage

A.K.A The Myth of “Just Knowing”
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Aaron CharlesApr 3
Having My Heart Broken Was The Best Thing That Happened To Me. I Lost Myself.

Having My Heart Broken Was The Best Thing That Happened To Me. I Lost Myself.

Write Your Own Story.
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Demetra Demi GregorakisApr 2
Conversations with the Ex

Conversations with the Ex

It’s always bad news whenever an ex decides to call you. It is either to inform you that she’s got Chlamydia and you should also get…
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Abheek TalukdarApr 2
My teacher didn’t show up today … it was the best lesson ever.

My teacher didn’t show up today … it was the best lesson ever.

I was running late to my spin class this morning. Ugh. Tardy as can be, I race into the spin class room prepared for the ‘welcome to the…
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Amy Jo MartinOct 18, 2015
Of Internet Anonymity and Trolls

Of Internet Anonymity and Trolls

“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” — John Wooden
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Sachin AkhuriApr 1
You Are Stronger Than You Know

You Are Stronger Than You Know

Strength is more than muscle; it’s mental.
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Brittany NowickiApr 1
Mourning the Unmournable.

Mourning the Unmournable.

How grieving for someone with an addiction unexpectedly shoved me on the front lines against the stigma of mental illness.
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Farah ColetteMar 16
I am

I am

I am ready to embrace to immerse and it doesn’t really matter into what or how
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Sleepless in DelhiApr 2
Why Everyone Should Be A Photographer

Why Everyone Should Be A Photographer

In the universal scheme of things human existence is a mere blip. A tiny scatter of activity amongst an infinite span of time and space…
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Kevin Lake PhotoApr 1
My amazing little experiments with telepathy

My amazing little experiments with telepathy

I think we’re all telepathic. We just don’t know it.
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C Y GopinathApr 1
Storybook Romances

Storybook Romances

…Storybook romances.
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Ananya KapurApr 1
“Should I pursue something I love, even if I might fail at it?”

“Should I pursue something I love, even if I might fail at it?”

When I graduated from University, I couldn’t get a job. I had so many interviews. Too many to even remember. I failed them all.
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Matt HearndenMar 30
Run and Heal.

Run and Heal.

I shall unabashedly describe my love for the one thing that actually makes me feel happy and healthy, in the moment.
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Nicholas TheoMar 26
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Why You Cannot Find “The One”

Why You Cannot Find “The One”

“Write about the search,” he said. “That’s what’s fucking killing everyone.”
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Heidi K. IsernMar 11
Beware of Startup Prostitution

Beware of Startup Prostitution

10 warning signs for startup founders
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WineristMar 18
9 Ways to Become More Creative in the Next 10 Minutes

9 Ways to Become More Creative in the Next 10 Minutes

Modern culture often labels creativity as natural gift. Artists get showered with praise and proclamations of “you’re so talented,” but…
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Larry KimMar 21
How the iPad Pro Changed My Illustrating Career

How the iPad Pro Changed My Illustrating Career

UPDATE: Tim Cook responded! I put his email on the bottom :) ¶ Dear Tim Cook, ¶ I am a simple 15-year-old who has loved to doodle for as…
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Zoe OlsonMar 23
Better humans, please ?

Better humans, please ?

The planet is fine. The people are fucked. ~George Carlin
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Pranav BalasubramanianMar 19
Screw It. Today Sucks. A Year Ago, I Was Assaulted.

Screw It. Today Sucks. A Year Ago, I Was Assaulted.

Yeah, my trigger is green beer and pots of gold.
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Ellie GuzmanMar 17
Welcome to my Relationship

Welcome to my Relationship

Oh hi! B and I really weren’t expecting anyone other than ourselves in our relationship, but make yourself at home, I guess.
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Ellie GuzmanApr 1

What Love Isn’t

For the days you’re not sure.Love is not a prison. ¶ It’s not butterflies in your stomach. That’s just chemistry. ¶ Love isn’t blind; it sees but chooses not to make a fuss. ¶ Love isn’t yesterday’s offences brought forward to support today’s argument. ¶ It doesn’t slam doors or smash things. Call insanity by its name lest it be mistaken for something else. ¶ Love is not convenient. You’ll be fighting your sense of self-preservation regularly.
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Oreoluwa FakoredeMar 24

14 Things I Didn’t Say To Her

Can we start over?Teach me how to love you. ¶ Tell the truth about the kissing. Don’t endure bad things. ¶ If it is too much, whatever ‘it’ is, say so. Telepathy is too rare to be expected. ¶ Don’t raise your voice. Don’t raise your voice. Just don’t. ¶ Are we really fighting? ‘Cause this feels like pure silliness. Kiss me already or I’ll lick your face. ¶ Cold hands need warm armpits. Let mine be twin furnaces.
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Oreoluwa FakoredeMar 17
Looking for a startup idea? Find something you absolutely hate

Looking for a startup idea? Find something you absolutely hate

I hate how noisy social networks have become. I hate how complex it is to rent a house. I hate short battery life. Hate cables. Hate the…
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Pedro A. WunderlichApr 1
Doping Out on Dopamine and How It’s Killing Your Productivity

Doping Out on Dopamine and How It’s Killing Your Productivity

Greatness isn’t born, greatness is bred.
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Alex LiangMar 14
Celebrate The Love That Hurt You.

Celebrate The Love That Hurt You.

“Sometimes the beauty is in the attempt, you tried everything, you fought and it still didn’t work..”
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Demetra Demi GregorakisMar 21
Hypocrisy of the Indian Elite

Hypocrisy of the Indian Elite

Or just about any Elite
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Nish RaoMar 6
Naked Body, Naked Thoughts. #NoFilters

Naked Body, Naked Thoughts. #NoFilters

. ¶ Intimacy and love aren’t harder to find, ¶ its just harder to find people who are willing to be naked with you.
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Demetra Demi GregorakisMar 28
Why you should quit your job and travel now

Why you should quit your job and travel now

It’s not too late.
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Jessica YurasekJun 16, 2013
Dear Feminists, You Chose The Wrong Girl

Dear Feminists, You Chose The Wrong Girl

I wasn’t going to do this but enough time has passed and for some reason I still feel the urge to address this properly.
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Ezinne UkohaMar 17
13 questions to ask before marrying a geek

13 questions to ask before marrying a geek

The New York Times has published a list of 13 questions to ask before getting married, and the great news is that all 13 of them would make…
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AlexandraSamuel.comMar 28
From zero to 45 days in a row: how I built a habit of daily exercise

From zero to 45 days in a row: how I built a habit of daily exercise

Since releasing my course, Productive Habits, I’ve been focusing on building more new habits. This year I’m focusing on habits to help me…
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Belle Beth CooperMar 18
Live Like a Child

Live Like a Child

I think I could use a little less fear and a little more curiosity at times.
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Aaron CharlesMar 11
How to Build Good Habits That Stick

How to Build Good Habits That Stick

Quit Wasting Your Time and Energy
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Alex LiangMar 21
‘Seven Samurai’ taught me to avoid one terrible mistake we usually make when someone rejects us

‘Seven Samurai’ taught me to avoid one terrible mistake we usually make when someone rejects us

In 1954 a great epic historical drama was released: ‘Seven Samurai’. It was directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is considered one of the most…
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Mark MarchenkoMar 13
Why toiling in obscurity is a blessing

Why toiling in obscurity is a blessing

When people get rich and famous for putting on eyeliner or playing videogames, we have to confront the idea that anyone can have a…
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Ash HuangMar 30
How To Work On Your Dreams When You Have No Time For Them

How To Work On Your Dreams When You Have No Time For Them

My daughter pisses me off sometimes. She’s six weeks old.
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Ayodeji AwosikaMar 28
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