Life can be busy. It is easy to spend so much time dealing with what is in front of us that we may rarely step back and think about the bigger picture:

Am I living in a way that will take me where I truly want to go?

ELULTIME was created to provide that opportunity: a simple, practical journey to help you step back, gain clarity about what matters most, create a vision for your year ahead, and then begin making it happen—one step and one week at a time.

 

The ElulTime journey has seven steps: 

1. Tune Into the Purpose of Life

Before deciding where we want to go, it helps to understand the bigger picture. This step explores the most fundamental question: What is life really about? After all, we can work hard and climb successfully, but if our ladder is leaning against the wrong building, we may end up, at the end of our lives, with a lot of regrets and missed opportunities.

 

2. Explore Your Unique Purpose in Life

Once we have explored the bigger picture, the next question is: Where do 'I' fit into it? We each have different strengths, opportunities, challenges, responsibilities and contributions to make. This step helps you begin to explore your own unique place and purpose, starting with the unique contribution that you can make. 

 

3. My Ideal Year

Now it's time to dream! No limitations! What would you like your year—and your life—to look like? This is your opportunity to create a clear vision of the relationships, personal growth, goals and experiences you would like to build.

 

4. Identify Your Big Rocks

Once you have a vision, what are the most important things that need attention now? What may be missing, neglected or in need of strengthening? This step helps you identify the big rocks that really need to be prioritised to make sure there is room for them amongst everything else that your life already includes.

 

Teshuva

Right now we are using ELULTIME as we head towards Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. A Big Rock that is commonly prioritised during this time is teshuvah. You will have the opportunity to explore what teshuva is and how to do it. 

 

5. Plan Your Next Focus

You work on everything at once. This step helps you choose one priority to focus on now and turn it into a practical plan. The goal is not to change your whole life overnight — just to decide what deserves your attention first and how you will practically go about making it happen.

 

6. Build Your Support

This section is SUPER IMPORTANT! Good intentions are rarely enough on their own. We all get busy, distracted and pulled off course. This step helps you create a simple support structure to help you stay focused, regain clarity and keep moving forward.

 

7. Commit to the Week Ahead

Finally, ELULTIME helps you commit to and step into your plans one week at at time. 

 

ELULTIME will help you use the time before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in a powerful way.  It isn't complicated. It doesn't take that much time. You can do it on your own, but it may be more powerful if you grab a friend or make a small group and support each other as you go through each step and launch yourself in, please God, the best year that you have ever had!  

Every step includes practical exercises to help you turn reflection into clarity and clarity into action. You can complete do these exercises directly on the ELULTIME Dashboard, save your work and return to it later, or print them out and work through them by hand.

That’s it. 7 steps. A clearer direction. One focus at a time. One week at a time.

For some, steps 1 and 2 will already be clear, in which case, feel free to stride part these and jump straight into step 3. 

1 - Tune into the purpose of life →

2 - Explore your unique purpose in life (including your unique contribution) →

3 - My ideal year →