Ruth HoustoninMIDFORM·2 days agoHow Not to Choose a Diet That’s Doomed to FailDon’t waste your time trying to follow a diet that won’t work for you. Find out what to avoid. — Following a diet that won’t work will only lead to disappointment. Before you commit to the wrong diet, take a close look at what it will involve. Below are some characteristics of a diet that’s doomed to fail. Avoid trying to follow a diet that: · Is overly restrictive —…Midform2 min readMidform2 min read
Linda LockeinMIDFORM·Updated 4 days agoMember-only2023 — Updated Rules for Midform Publication WritersWe’re not changing much, just making a few tweaks! — Dear Writers, As we move into our second year of publishing, we’re making a few updates to our Submission Rules to help make Midform even better for you in 2023. We’re still occupying our sweet middle spot between short and long form stories and keeping our reads at 3 to…Midform3 min readMidform3 min read
Ipshita GuhainMIDFORM·4 days agoYou Have Control. I Have Control.How reaffirming improves communication and “mistake proofs” our actions — This post has nothing to do with control. The headline was meant for you to focus on. Picture this. You are at work. You receive a frantic call from your partner asking why you did not pick up Li’l Sue from the daycare as discussed. You are not sure how…Midform3 min readMidform3 min read
Peggy JonesinMIDFORM·5 days agoMember-onlyThe World’s Stupidest Smart Person Learns History the Easy WayWhat a quilt, a self-portrait, and an orangutan taught me about life — Going through life with a neurodivergent brain left gaps in my education. You could drive a tank through some of them. I’m always amazed by how much I don’t know. I did well enough in nursing school to tutor some of my classmates. I collected several letters behind my name…Midform4 min readMidform4 min read
Jordan KatherineinMIDFORM·5 days agoMember-onlyIs This The Hardest Ultra-Marathon In The World?And would you consider running it? — Imagine having six days to complete six marathons in the heat of the Sahara Desert. That’s the reality for people who run the Marathon des Sables. With a course change every year, runners never know what to expect from each race. They start off in a small village of tents…Midform2 min readMidform2 min read
Ujjwal Singh·Jan 23Member-onlyI asked ChatGPT to write a Poem about itselfand the results are quite amazing! — Not long ago was a time when people used to say things like “But no machine ever has been able to write a poem” and today we have ChatGPT which can not only generate poems but do that at a lightning speed. It’s amazing how fast technology is advancing and…Midform2 min readMidform2 min read
Mark GoblowskyinMIDFORM·6 days agoMember-onlyBitter or Better?We Get to Choose — I’m watching Josh struggle to get into the truck. Getting run over by a couple of semi-trucks when you are three years old creates challenges in your life. Nothing new. He has had to relearn to do things we all take for granted. Today, however, his challenges were compounded by…Midform3 min readMidform3 min read
Ujjwal SinghinMIDFORM·Jan 22Member-onlyYou Need To Know This Simple Trick To Never Run Out Of Creative Ideas AgainUnlock Your Creative Potential: A Proven Method for Never Running Out of Ideas Again — Do you also wonder how some people manage to always have creative ideas? Not everyone who’s filled with ideas is a genius. A normal person has roughly 6,000 thoughts in a day, many of them being some creative or non-creative ideas, but what matters is the fact that ideas come…Midform2 min readMidform2 min read
Bernadette E WallaceinMIDFORM·Jan 22Member-onlyGive Me That Copyright Symbol!Do this if you write on a Chromebook, like me. — Here we go. Let’s get that nice little c inside a circle, please! ctrl + shift +u then type in 00A9 u00A9 Crap! What went wrong? No, that didn’t work! Try again. © OMGosh!!! I’m super happy! Can you tell?! It worked! (The first time I forgot to press ENTER…Midform2 min readMidform2 min read
Kathleen BlahovecinMIDFORM·Jan 21Member-onlyThis Weekend Ritual Is Sacred To My MarriageStaying in is the new going out — Having an adult conversation with a toddler in tow often feels like an Olympic sport that I haven’t trained for. My husband and I have a five-year-old daughter. We love her dearly, and, she talks from sun-up to sundown. I keep waiting for some sort of instruction manual, or at…Midform2 min readMidform2 min read
