CasperKid

Still no progress in terms of having another LD, but I am gaining a lot of experience and have come across very interesting things during this journey.

I now downloaded another application to help me track my progress for the iPhone called Sleep Cycle Alarm. This is not an endorsement, I'm just writing down what's real.

I went to sleep at 12:15 woke up at 8:57.

I recalled one dream at 6am when I set my deffered CAN to wake me up. I got out of bed, went to the bathroom, posted in my DJ the one dream I remembered and then went back to sleep. I didn't recall any extra dreams after going to sleep like this. I'm interested in my own sleeping/recall abilities because I never get any dreams when napping or in light sleep. It appears that I need very deep sleep to have dreams, and then I can recall very many and in great detail. I'm wondering if maybe I really do dream in naps but I simply cannot remember or if my brain just doesn't reach the deepest parts of sleep necessary to dream. How would I test this hypothesis out?

Tonight's mistakes:
1) No plan of action upon becoming Lucid.
2) Woke up at 7 but didnt perform the indirect techniques aggressively enough.
3) Took too many naps during the day and went to bed in a not-so-tired state. I think this might have detracted from my overall ability to recall and have deep sleep.

Solutions:
1) Create a plan of action slash plot out an entire Lucid Dream.
2) Do 5 reality checks today based on the anchors of opening a door and checking the time on my iPhone.
3) Practice doing the indirect and separation techniques sometime before bed tonight.
4) Be physical during the day (i.e. workout or run) so that I won't be tempted to take a nap and will be more tired come bedtime.
5) Perform the indirect and separation techniques aggressively!