The Importance of keeping an Attempt Log

Keeping an attempt log is probably the best thing I did in my year of Lucid Dreaming practice , one which eventually led me to having Lucid Dreams . while everyone knows how important dream journaling is , barely anyone talks about how important keeping a log and report of your WILD attempts is .

An attempt log is a report on your present practices or indivijual WILD attempts . If you are practicing any sort of DILD methods , you can write :

• Name of the practice :
• General procedure - How YOU go on doing the said practice
• Time since you are practicing that particular technique
• The effect of that technique on your dream
• The effect of that technique on your dream recall and vividity
• The effect of that technique on your Lucidity
• What you think are your shortcomings which are preventing you from gaining Lucidity
• possible solutions to said problems

If your making a WILD attempt , write :

• Time you went to bed
• Time yo awoke for WBTB
• Time you stayed up for WBTB
• WILD anchor
• Any extra quirk you made to the practice ( relaxation methods , combining some other technique etc )
• Number of Dreams recalled after waking up for WBTB
• Estimated time it took you to fall back asleep
• Any subsequent awakening ( time and number)
• The reason you think the attempt succeded/failed
• Final wake time
• Sleep quality
• total sleep time

IMO Lucid Dreaming is figuring out what works best for you , putting those factors together and hoping that your brain chemistry is right . Logging really helps in finding these critical factors that may aid in Lucidity . It also really helps in finding out your REM phase , if you have a consistent sleep schedule after 10 - 12 days of Logging you will have a pretty rough idea about how your sleep works . The more factors you get right the easier it is to Induce an LD . Another important thing is that Attempt logging helps you to figure out your mistakes and then you can work towards fixing them

Thanks for the ideas.