Self-Discovery Archives - The Brilliant Plan

9 Easy Steps to Becoming a Positive Thinker

July 10, 2022February 26, 2020 by Mimi Baula

Do you find it hard to be a positive thinker? Or maybe you’re tired of hearing complaints and people whining.

No matter how you wish to be a positive thinker every day, everyone does get negative at some point in his or her life. Whether it is at work or home, negative situations happen almost all the time. Unfortunately, we cannot avoid adverse situations and thus beg the question of how can we flip these negative thoughts into positive ones.

Being surrounded by people with a negative attitude is not avoidable. They always see the worst in every situation for whatever reason. It’s as if their day is not complete unless they find something to complain about.

To My Younger Self: A Letter of Retrospective

February 26, 2020January 9, 2020 by Mimi Baula

When I started journaling, I came across a journaling prompt to write a letter to my “Younger Self” as an adult. This is a letter that I wrote and quite frankly, it was liberating having no child of my own. In retrospect, writing this letter is a brilliant plan!

8 Supercharged Affirmations for Thanksgiving

February 3, 2020November 21, 2019 by Mimi Baula

Supercharged affirmations are statements you believe to be true. The sentences can be positive or negative which would then affect the conscious and the subconscious mind. When they do, they influence our behavior, thinking patterns, habits, and environment.

My mom and her siblings regularly attended an evening class called “Science of Mind (SOM)” when I was growing up. Whenever I was with them, I would overhear them discussing what they learned from their session. They took home books that they shared amongst themselves and whenever I saw them lying around the house, I would pick it up to read them too.

A Gratitude Lesson from an Egotistic Person

February 3, 2020October 25, 2019 by Mimi Baula

Do you want to be happier? Try gratitude.

I have a confession to make. It took me 6 years to finally allow myself to be a “receiver.” Being the eldest, I took on the responsibility of taking care of almost every caring aspect early on in life. I was cooking the family meals, preparing my younger siblings to get ready for bed, and just finding ways to help in the household while my parents worked. I developed a sense of personal accountability that I took on as a priority from an early age.

As good as it sounds, “giving” has been my routine that as the years went by, I began to feel leery towards people who have been generous to me. I started to think that anybody who was giving me a favor without my asking needs something in return – eventually. Much later, I felt guarded against people who were being generous to me.

Jump-Start Your Way to Creativity with Journaling

January 10, 2020September 6, 2019 by Mimi Baula

Creativity is everywhere.

When I graduated from high school and planned on studying Architecture in college, my sister gifted me with a journal. At that time I don’t even know what to do with it. Well, little did I know back then that writing my thoughts on those pages helped catapulted my creativity through the years.

It was a brilliant plan!

The Brilliant Plan: Embrace Purpose, Passion, Beauty”

July 4, 2023August 27, 2019 by Mimi Baula

Welcome to “The Brilliant Plan,” a blog dedicated to the pursuit of purpose, the power of planning, and the art of making things beautiful.

I invite you to explore my personal journey, education background, diverse interests, and the mission that drives me to create a positive impact in the world.

The Steps I Took to Achieve Mindfulness

January 10, 2020August 21, 2019 by Mimi Baula

Mindfulness is a hot topic right now and for a good reason. Mindfulness has been shown to have a range of benefits and can improve your physical, mental and emotional health. Whether you want to practice mindfulness to help you deal better with stress or to help you live a more positive life, you’re likely to have lots of questions.

Here are some answers to the most common questions people have about mindfulness.

30 Best Motivational Quotes on Character Building

January 10, 2020August 11, 2019 by Mimi Baula

Oh, how I love motivational quotes! I have been collecting them for 10 years now.

During the years when I was living in solitude, quotes have served as my mentor. And reading those combinations of words from the minds of great people stimulated my mind into meditating about my own life. In a way, it helped me in my own self-discovery.

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