DJILD. The reason why Dream Journals and Dream Recall in general help you getting lucid

[Spyguy]

Many people wonder if there's any use for keeping a DJ. If u ask someone, the answer is usually 'There's no point in having an LD when you can't remember it. This boosts your recall enormously.' Well, that's true. But that's not the only reason. I believe recalling dreams on itself helps you get lucid. This is why: By keeping a DJ, your recall will improve. You focus your intention on remembering dreams. After a while, your brain knows that it's important to remember dreams. To remember it, your brain will pay more attention to your dreams, which is required for a good recall. Because your brain pays more attention to your dreams, you'll recognize something as weird much easier. Thatwill activate your logic centre. So: DJ--> better recall --> brain pays more attention to dreams --> easier recognition of dream signs --> more lucids Please note: as far as I know, this has not been scientifically proven. It's just a theory which makes perfect sense in my opinion. It's meant to explain how usefull keeping a DJ can be

[Avalanche]

I agree. It even helps with dry spells. For 4 nights in a row, I had gone from 4 dreams a night to maybe 1 really sketchy and blurry scene. Then one night before bed, I read through my 6 week long dream journal. That night, I had 3 great dreams. It helps keep your mind on dreams and thinking about all the stuff associated with it, like MILD, DILD, WILD, and so on. If you just read up on dreams here, then go to bed, you wouldn't gain anything, aside from more dreams per night. Dream journals are a must have if you are planning on Lucid/OBEing. It's as simple as that.

[Raspberry]

I find I get way more lucids when I keep a DJ.

[TeaSea]

I agree, based on my own experience. There are often those out of the blue lucid dreams, even when I've been lazy, but mostly it's when I'm keeping up with my journal.