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Learn how to use Elefan, choose a pen, and care for your planner. Keep the Quick Start Guide nearby as you follow along.

Quick Start Guide (PDF)

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38 pages · 9.3 MB

Meet the Elefan planner.

Planner walkthroughs

Elefan planner tour.

Tour Elefan’s features and learn where to find them.

How to use your Elefan.

See how Elefan’s planning system works, and adapt it to the way you like to plan.

Choosing a pen for Elefan.

Watch the pen test to learn which types of ink work well with Elefan’s paper.

Caring for your Elefan.

Learn how to store and handle your softcover planner.

Planner downloads.

Free worksheets to use with your Elefan.

Elefan planner help

Start with the Quick Start Guide and the videos above. For a planner purchased on Amazon, use the order help in your Amazon account.

Read the worksheet prompts

Use these text versions alongside your planner, or copy the prompts into your preferred writing tool. The original PDFs are preserved for printing. Their accessibility limitations remain.

Self Discovery

Printable Self Discovery PDF (2 pages, 22 KB)

The worksheet has eight questions, with space to write a response to each.

  1. What does my life look like right now?
  2. Am I happy with how I have been spending my time?
  3. What would an ideal day look like for me - morning to night?
  4. What things do I value most in life?
  5. What activities / things give me the most joy and satisfaction?
  6. What important needs do I have that are not getting met?
  7. What beliefs are holding me back from living my dream life?
  8. What is my definition of success?

The original includes the quotation: “It is in self discovery that the true answers to life lie.” Attributed to Anonymous.

Key Life Area Analysis

Printable Key Life Area Analysis PDF (2 pages, 28 KB)

  1. Pick ten areas that are most relevant to you.
  2. Fill in your satisfaction level from 1 to 10 for each chosen area.
  3. Rate your overall life satisfaction from 1 to 10.
  4. What area(s) did you rate the highest?
  5. What area(s) did you rate the lowest?
  6. Pick three priority areas to focus on for this year.
  7. List three ways you can improve each chosen area.

Suggested life areas in the worksheet

Personal Growth; Spirituality; Nutrition; Fitness; Leisure; Giving; Family; Friends; Relationship; Marriage; Career; Finances; Education; Environment.

The original leaves space for another area. It does not define the endpoints of the 1-to-10 scale.

Weekly Meal Plan

Printable Weekly Meal Plan PDF (1 page, 94 KB)

The title has a blank space for the week. The worksheet has seven daily rows and four meal columns, plus a separate shopping list.

  • Monday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack.
  • Tuesday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack.
  • Wednesday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack.
  • Thursday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack.
  • Friday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack.
  • Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack.
  • Sunday: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack.

Shopping list

List shopping items on separate lines. A checkmark column appears beside the list.

Monthly Budget

Printable Monthly Budget PDF (2 pages, 112 KB)

The title has a blank space for the month. The following sections and column labels appear in the original worksheet.

  • Income: Total Income; Date, Source, Projected, Actual.
  • Fixed Expenses: Due, Bill, Amount, and a checkmark column.
  • Variable Expenses: Due, Bill, Budgeted, Actual, and a checkmark column.
  • Debt: Total Owed; Due, Name, Minimum, Paid, Balance.
  • Savings: Total Saved; Category, Goal, Actual.
  • Other Expenses: Description, Budgeted, Actual.
  • Summary: Total Budgeted, Total Spent, Difference, Residual.

The original does not define the checkmark columns or the calculations for Difference and Residual.

Quick Start Guide overview

Printable Quick Start Guide PDF (38 pages, 9.26 MB)

This is a section map of the original guide, not a full text replacement. The guide contains filled-in planner examples, including examples dated 2021. Page numbers below refer to PDF pages.

  • Pages 2-3: Year at a Glance and notes.
  • Pages 4-7: Self Discovery and Key Life Area Analysis examples.
  • Pages 8-11: Goal Brainstorm, 1 Year Bucket List, and Claim Your Vision.
  • Pages 12-16: Map Your Journey, with five goal examples.
  • Pages 17-23: Notes, January monthly view, and special events.
  • Pages 24-28: January intentions, The Big Three goals, and a habit tracker.
  • Pages 29-33: Notes, weekly view, and daily planning examples.
  • Pages 34-37: Goals in Review, Month in Review, and notes.

The full guide still needs a verified text equivalent for its examples, image-only pages, selected ratings, and visual planning marks.