LDing without DJ

A dream journal is crucial! I recall about 2 dreams per night and I still forget some lucid dreams, unless I right them down.

I seem to do fine without a dream journal. I used to keep one, but i lost it. I mostly have WILDs/DEILDs

Yea I agree with lefty97. I used a dream journal at first to get my recall up, but now I remember an avg of 4+ dreams a night without recording them. I simply go over the dreams over and over in my head during the first few hours of the day and it seems to be a decent substitute for actually writing them down. Thinking about starting one up again until I can get more consistent DILDs though, most of my lucids are WILDs/DEILDs.

I also write down a couple of words. I always enter the following in my DJ:
Where I've been, what I've done and any special features. Not in great detail though. I write down the keywords, the rest will come back after reading the keywords through. Reading them through and visualising it is also a nice exercise for your dream recall.

I have pretty good recall with or without a DJ. But using a DJ means I can go back annd see old dreams I forgot I had. I find this to be the most rewarding thing about documenting dreams because you amass such a collection. Its true that you might not actually completely forget what you have dreamt, but a DJ definitely helps remind you of all the little details.

If you are to lazy in the early am hours to right down a DJ entry or an LD you can stay awake for about 10minutes or so and memorize your dream in a closer to alpha brainwave state. This will help you remember when you wake up but you may lose some of the finer details.