Thread: Your WBTB/MILD Routine

WBTB+MILD is my preferred technique. I usually do a short WBTB after sleep cycle 3 (about 4.5 hours of sleep) and a longer WBTB after sleep cycle 4 (about 6 hours of sleep).

Before bed, I pick a a few lucid goals for that night. I choose a few easy ones and then a challenging one. For example, I want to rub my hands, pick up an object, and then summon a DC.

In the short WBTB, I write down my DJ notes in bed as usual and then get out of bed and sit in my desk chair. I sit for about 5 minutes, remembering the goals that I chose for that night and visualizing accomplishing them. Then I lay down and recall the previous dream and imagine becoming lucid in that dream and doing my goals. Total time out of a bed is about 5 minutes.

In the long WBTB, I start up the computer and read other people's dream journals here on dreamviews. I try to get exciting about having a lucid dream. I imagine how good I will feel the morning after. I practice doing reality checks and also do the same things as the short WBTB with goals, visualizing, and recalling. Total time out of bed is about 30-45 minutes.