Thread: Morning Fragments

I've been keeping a dream journal for the past week now and I've had limited success; I average one recalled dream a night with up to three recalled dreams on a particular night. When I set my alarm for 6 hours into my sleep, I awake without any knowledge of dreaming. It seems like the most dreams I remember come in the 7-9 hours of sleeping.

This morning, I seemed to have struck gold. I set my alarm for an hour and a half early and followed it with an alarm every twenty minutes. I nailed 5 dreams that seemed to be quite short. I was wondering if these are proper for the type of dream recollection I need to learn. From each of the five dreams, I recall a place, people who were present, and something that was going on. In two, I even remembered a few lines.

If these are adequate for the pursuit of recall, I think I'm going to do this tomorrow and Friday.

I guess what I'm asking is this: What does mastery of dream recall look like? Should I be remembering dreams from the 3rd-4th hour of sleeping just as well as I remember the 7th-9th hour dreams? And if so, is this morning routine going to improve my 3rd-4th hour recall?



and just for giggles, I dreamt I was hanging out with a younger version of Michael Jordan and we were smoking (I used to smoke, but don't anymore) in my room under a foosball table? He says, "Oh man, this is some good shit! I really appreciate it!" and gave me a high five. I just laughed about it and fell back asleep to tackle another one.