hi i have 2 questions

1. Mantras always keep me awake when i try to mild and i honestly find them a pain in the ass so is there another way to do the mild without a mantra? or is that essential for one.

2.Ok so i have natural dream recall, before i started LDing i could remember at least one dream a night and even more, so a dream journal is just a pain in the ass , so would it really affect me if i didn't keep a dream journal since i have natural dream recall?

any help is appreciated