By Julia Bakay

Are your inhibitions holding you back from reaching your potential?

Enjoy my lighthearted article about something I find crucial;
freeing one another from concern.

Can you do this on your current path?

The Pandemic of Inhibitions Family anecdotes portray me as an incredibly confident and creative child. Uncles and aunts would travel an hour to enjoy my evening puppet shows, I opened several shops around the house and taught in various schools, with many diverse students successfully graduating, everyone from stuffed animals....

...and I started writing again!

A few thoughts on the importance of being present in our work...
and how living in a Buddhist Monastery in my early career shaped my attitude to Graphic Recording.

How does this apply to what you do?

Graphic Recording, a Practice of Presence How to enter that elusive flow state? Make no mistake, I’m still on my way to learning how to be in the present moment as often as possible - something I consider to be vital to Live work. I believe that achieving my absolute potential in Live Graphic Recording will go hand in hand with having rea...

Sharing some moments from my 'working' holiday this October,

returning to my good old Hungary for a late summer experience... 🇭🇺🍷☀️

Szentendre, Balaton, Budapest... always a pleasure, see you next time!

Despite the storm raging through the UK, we had a fantastic time at the Sharing Best Practice Festival today!

This great event was hosted by the Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, celebrating all the great work they're doing!

I'm so grateful to have been invited... it was a joyful day.

More to come soon...

Why hire a ?

Having a Graphic Recorder on board offers many benefits.

•These hand-drawn visuals make any in-person, hybrid, or virtual event far more engaging and memorable

•Many of us are visual learners and, by capturing the key takeaways, these graphics help participants remember what took place at the event!

•The visual summaries can be used long after the meeting to inspire and to continue conversations. In some cases we create wonderful infographics based around these visual summaries

•Thanks to this visual documentation, the event will live on as the final piece is shared with those who were present, everyone on social media

Would you agree?
What else would you add?

Visit my website to find out more!

engagement

And here it is...
the visual summary of the keynote speech by the wise & witty, award winning coach, Claire Pedric!

The First International Deep Talk Conference was held in partnership with .coaching and thanks to the Out of the Box Charity!

Enjoy!

A wonderful day live graphic recording the keynote speech by the wise & witty, award winning coach, Claire Pedric!

The First International Deep Talk Conference was held in partnership with .coaching and thanks to the Out of the Box Charity!

I had a wonderful time and learned a great deal about Meaning Making & Deep Talk.

Enjoy my latest Graphic Recording piece based on Dr BM Hegde's talk on how our is governed by our !

Fascinating insights based on ancient wisdom from India

Preview from the next wall art piece we're creating for the NHS Sheffield Teaching Hospitals!
These will come together on a large canvas with lots of details to get lost in ☺️

Illustrated Spiritual Inspiration. ✨ Follow .org.uk and visit their website to enjoy my illustrations all around, supporing this great cause!

Spiritual England is a charitable association that has existed for 14 years, collecting quality spiritual resources. Visit them to enjoy their abundant website, add value by sharing what you come across, and meet like-minded people. ☺️

Illustrating the feeling I'm after when I illustrate... 🕊️
and in life.

Sometimes, all you need is a great RANT.

Sharing another fun activity, a new tool for wellbeing: The Ranting Journal!

This Digital Journal was created to help you release the tension and find solutions that will make you feel lighter.

Ideal activity before you begin your daily Gratitude & Mindfulness Practice 😉

You can find it in my shop, follow the link in my bio!

I'm excited to share that my new website is live! 🍾🥂🍉

For the best experience, visit it from a laptop.
I'd love to know what you think! :)

Live Illustration, Graphic Recording, Infographics & Scribing by Julia Bakay | Digital Visual Support Remotely from the UK | Graphics for Virtual Events, Zoom Meetings, Hybrid and Online Conferences Live Illustration, Graphic Recording, Infographics & Scribing by Julia Bakay | Digital Art for Virtual Events, Zoom Meetings, Online and Hybrid Conferences | Hand-made Custom Visuals supporting Business Projects & Processes | Visual Storytelling & Communication Strategies by Artist based in the UK

A bold attempt to illustrate Martin Luther King's legendary 'I have a Dream' speech.

He speaks in such beautiful imagery...
I can only hope to do it justice.

Visit my website to enjoy the quality version & learn more.

www.byjuliabakay.com

Graphic Recording - in new ways.

The more we're in the moment, the better the outcome; this is the beauty of Graphic Recording. It's a Practice of Presence, a battle against one's perfectionism and self-judgement.

I imagine many of you can relate to this ;)

I also love how I get to explore endless styles and ways of capturing the content, as each event calls for something different.

I hope you enjoy my latest creation based on this truly liberating talk by

-Julia

I started painting patterns and it turned into this new Weekly Planner! ☺️

This Nonfigurative design was inspired by Native American art, which I've always had a soft spot for. 🙏

You can find this Digital Planner in my Etsy shop at www.byjuliabakay.etsy.com

Letting you in on a little Julia secret ;)

My very favorite way of journaling: simply capturing The Highlight of the Day ☀️

I once bought a basic weekly planner and it turned into my journal for the best moments of each day. This is why I decided to turn my weekly planner into this new digital gratitude journal! :)

Visit the link in bio to pick up one of these and start this wonderful, yet simple, evening habit.

Enjoy!

When was the last time you were in a proper flow state?

What is one thing you could try this week in order to get there? 😉



This was built around the theory of by

You can learn how to surf! ☺️🙏

Try Optimism for the next 100 days
with an Optimism Journal from www.byjuliabakay.etsy.com,

and enjoy 70% off with the OPTIMISM70 code this week.

Saturday morning creative routine.
My journal, a coffee and a blank sheet of paper. ☕️🖋

Let it flow!

I've accepted that when my job is also my deepest passion, these weekday lines may blur a bit. Sometimes it feels great to create without any requests or purpose ~ this is what I leave for the weekends.

House sitting on the Scottish coast, looking after the two lovely birdies in the background. A lovely perk of remote working. 😉

Such a wonderful project to work on. I feel so blessed when I get to spend a few days illustrating something as meaningful as the Peaceful Schools Movement.

These posters will be printed out in Schools all over the UK! ☺️

You can read up on all the great work the The Peace Building does & download the posters from their website:
www.peacefulschools.org.uk

I'm on a roll!

🥳The stickers are out in the shop, matching the style of the Optimism Journals
~ soon to follow!

These are compatible with Digital Planners and Journals ( ) or you can print them on sticker paper.

Bringing some brightness into the end of the winter.

Optimism.☀️
My favorite word.

What is it?
Why is it imporant?..and most importantly...
How to cultivate it?

Here's a sneak peak into the FIRST PAGE of the Optimism Journal I will be publishing next week! ☺️

I spent many winter nights creating a series of *Self-Help Journals* in various styles and formats...

Stay tuned, and see what we have so far on byjuliabakay.etsy.com

I'm grateful to be living on an island with ever-changing weather. A cold winter month gives me a great excuse to stay home and get cozy & creative.

Here's the result!
Another set of stickers you can find in my shop at byjuliabakay.etsy.com ☺️

Ideal for digital planners or go ahead and print & cut if you're keeping a paper journal.

Spring is *almost* here. Flowers started blooming in England.🌷

Enjoy!

How do you respond to expectations?

According to Gretchen Rubin, asking this simple question can give us immense self-knowledge. Knowing about the four tendencies we generally fall into helped me to better understand myself and those around me. 😉

Once I understood what works for me and what doesn’t, I was able to hack my own system and began building great and lasting habits.

Take this quick quiz at www.gretchenrubin.com to discover your tendency!

You know, February is still a great month to start a new habit😁

A lifetime of journaling...

I started when I turned 13, on a new years eve. The only resolution I've ever managed to keep. 😅
Yet it has brought me so much peace, joy and self-awareness, that I am an absolute advocate of the benefits of this habit.

Here I am, 15 years later...

I'm determined to find ways to help others tap into the art of journaling.

I will be publishing a series of digital journals & planners in the months to come. I hope they will inspire you to take your pen and life in your hands!

Coming soon: my very first Optimism Journal!

The world becomes a better place every time someone steps into a role that is truly "a great fit".

Isn't it liberating to meet someone positively glowing while they're working?

In 2023, let's be inspired by them to find the patience, courage, and drive to land the role we not only thrive in, but will see the greatest possible impact we can have.

Have a happy New Year!

Keep going ..and let 2023 surprise you... ;)

#2023

The 5 types of Creative Thinking!

Good luck with those Christmas presents 😅

✨ Systems Thinking is a method to make sense of complexity by looking at the individual parts and the relationships between them.

✨ Divergent Thinking facilitates the generation of creative ideas by exploring as many solutions as possible, also known as Brainstorming!

✨ Lateral Thinking is a way of solving problems using an indirect approach, which is not immediately obvious, often referred to as ‘thinking outside of the box’.

✨ Aesthetic Thinking focuses on reframing the problem to see its inherent beauty and value. It appears when we are producing or discovering something beautiful and harmonious to our senses.

✨ Inspirational Thinking occurs when you receive sudden insights from somewhere or someone. For example, when Paul McCartney woke up with the tune of Yesterday in his head. Note these down immediately as they are often brilliant, valuable, and can disappear quickly!

I have been dreaming about this since I was 13. Little did I know that it would manifest quite so literally!?😅 I felt like coming back to England, and two months later... here I am..

Spending a *surprise* day wandering around Pemberly with my Mr Darcy and some great champaigne to keep us warm🥂

Note to self ~
(and all of you)
Dream big! 🥰

They're listening up there.

Have a great weekend,
everyone!

Don't forget to treat yourselves to the elixir of life!

Let's Talk Creative has given me an opportunity to talk about what I do and how I stay creative. ☺️

Here's the interview link: www.letstalkcreative.co.uk/julia-bakay

Thank you, Megan & Kalina!

I came across a brilliant idea I *actually* acted on
…and that I found to be true, so here I am.

If you have ever been labeled as a "Jack of all trades" this may come as a relief: according to Tim Harford, doing many things might just be the key to keeping our creativity going.

In fact, “slow-motion multitasking” is what some of the greatest geniuses embraced in order to achieve all that they did. They kept working on multiple, entirely different types of creative projects until the end of their lives.

I used this idea as an excuse to pick up and focus on things I have been eager to do: this year I taught swing dancing, joined an improv club, and started writing again…

…and soon, I experienced the benefits of these activities in my visual thinking processes, in some ways, my entire career.

I highly recommend his TED talk, and that you notice the neglected talents you may have.

No need to limit ourselves... 😍maybe we are meant to "be all things", and it will be for the best.

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Here's the link: https://lnkd.in/gRDC2KEn

Sharing something that has helped me a lot recently…

I have a thing for water — just being around it calms & rebalances me.

I had a craving to see the sea a few days ago, so wrote it down as something on my bucket list for the months to come. I happen to be in the middle of the island, probably the furthest you can be from a shore in the UK 😄

The next morning, a friend calls me saying that she needs to get away for a few days.. do I want to go somewhere?

My mantra lately has been “Let it be easy” … because I feel that (in my head) I’m making things harder than they need to be.

Does that ever happen to you? Having this intention, things like this started happening to me…