Hi there, everyone.*
I'm kinda new to LDing, but I have a DJ written down quite a few dreams, and I've noticed most of mine have something to do with school and/or people I know. So with that I came up with a mantra. For MILDs. "The next time I see someone I know, I will know that I am dreaming". At one point another thought surfaced "Well, what if I dream and there are people I don't know" And that's exactly what happened. What should I do? Does this mean any mantra I make will be countered by another similar thought?*

Part 2
I've tried my hand at WILDs, and it's very tricky. Most people or guides say that there should be some signal to move or to scratch, I'm pretty sure mine is to swallow.*
The past two times I've tried, I've felt vibrations, then I swallowed and the vibrations left. Is there anything I can do about this? Or should I just not focus on swallowing?*
Usually, when I'm going to bed I'll notice that sometimes its like my consciousness slips away, like I'm falling asleep or I space out, then suddenly I'll catch myself. Sometimes I don't and I just fall asleep, I know I could use a anchor, like counting but swallowing usually cancels out the vibrations and they never come back. * **

Part 3*
I've made binaural beats, with the brainwave generator. Idk if I did it right though. It was supposed to be 8 hours long, but only came out to 1. I have no idea what happened, but I put it into Vegas and copied one section and pasted it so then it came out the 8 hours, I'm not sure *I did it right though. I converted it to an mp3 and put it on my iPod and remembered 2 or just 1 really long dream. And this was on the first night I started using it.*