Turbo's Workbook

**NyxCC** · 02-14-2017 12:14 AM

Good to hear your efforts are yielding results both in terms of feeling better as well as helping you with recall and dream focus.

Regarding journalling - no you don't need to write down every detail. You may want to note key points like who, what, where, etc. and contemplate on these to help build better understanding of what your dreams typically inlude, keep track of dream signs and of course practice recall.

For more interesting dreams you probably would like to get into more detail - they will also have greater value for you to remember. Finally, you might want to experiment every once in a while if you feel like it - how much can you actually fully recall (say for own research purposes). At any rate, for your average recall day - make your routine as comfortable as possible. In the end, dreams should be something we enjoy thinking about so we should approach them gently.

**Turbo** · 02-15-2017 01:33 PM

I'm still having trouble with MILD exercises. I think its the same problem I have with recall in the middle of the night. I am so tired and I just want to go back to sleep haha. I know if I do a MILD practice I'll be up for at least 15 to 30 minutes. It takes a lot of will just to reach for my DJ at 3am. I think I might be psyching myself out. "If I wake up too much I wont get back to sleep and I'll be tired."
I just need to suck it up and commit. If I lose some sleep then so be it.

**Turbo** · 02-15-2017 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by NyxCC

In the end, dreams should be something we enjoy thinking about so we should approach them gently.

Oh your reply was on the second page! I didn't see it at first. Thanks for the tips. I like this last part.

**Turbo** · 02-17-2017 01:34 PM

Cool thing happened last night. I woke up 40 minutes before my alarm. I had already had two dreams so I knew I was in prime dream time. I did the MILD exercise with one of my previous dreams and fell back to sleep. I remember asking myself "where am I" then the dreamscape of the place I had been visualizing appeared. "oh ya of course i'm here, why was I confused" The alarm went off a few seconds later.
It wasn't lucid, but pretty cool. Some evidence that the MILD exercises have an effect for me.

**NyxCC** · 02-24-2017 02:29 AM

That's pretty cool indeed. Keep up the good work, Turbo!

**Turbo** · 02-28-2017 02:54 PM

I think it's time to switch it up a little. I have been focusing on DILD with some MILD added in since August with only minor success. I have been getting less successful as time goes on. I think it's because the exercises wake me up too much in the middle of the night which I dislike. It's like having a chore at 3am.

I am going to give WILD a shot for a few months and see what happens. I read the intro from ETWOLD and I like that it is a more passive roll. I think this might be a more maintainable exercise for me. I think 3am me will be more willing to passively observe than to actively visualize and set intentions. Hopefully this will lead to more consistency, which has been the main struggle.

So here we go. Let's see what happens.

**NyxCC** · 02-28-2017 10:48 PM

Alright. Good luck!

**Turbo** · 03-03-2017 01:20 PM

Broke a 41 day dry spell with MILD. FA => LD.
I have been experimenting on ways to do MILD while remaining relaxed. I think I'm starting to figure it out.

Stabilization worked pretty well. For the first time I could feel when I needed to stabilize again.
Also the first LD on a weekday.
Great success.