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No dreams for me last night! Last night was just a bad night for recall. I was ampted up and excited going to bed to try to induce another lucid dream. It also didn't help that it was one of my days off and I got less exercise than usual which might have impacted my recall as well. I still have the habit of going to sleep with the tv on which I read also impacts recall. I went to bed trying hard to induce a lucid dream repeatedly thinking "I'm dreaming" which probably impacted my recall as well. As I said in my first entry-no recall equals no lucid dreams. So I make some adjustments. I'll lay this out to make it more clear Reasons for poor recall- 1.Not as tired as I should have been 2.TV habit 3.intense repeated thinking creating tension, making it more difficult to go to sleep. Adjustments- 1.Got a lot more exercise today, being a busy work day as a waiter. I should get more exercise on off days too that way I'm tired when I go to bed. I should also use yawns as a cue to go to sleep. 2.TV off 3.Rather than simply thinking "I'm dreaming" repeatly, I will only think "I'm dreaming" in between slow breaths. This should also help me to go to sleep. Rather than trying to force a lucid dream with repeated thoughts alone, I'll focus on the technique rather than the lucid dream itself to induce the lucid dream. I've also been experimenting with a new sleep position designed to "lock" my body in a comfortable position bringing WILDs and DEILDS into play. I find I can keep my lower body still by interlocking my kneecaps and my upper body relativily still by putting my hands in a praying position and resting them on my forehead as I sleep on my side. This is a work in progress though. I believe these adjustments will improve my dream recall and allow me to lucid dream tonight. But, like I said, I'll focus on the tehnique rather than the lucid dream itself. Happy dreams for me tonight!
Welcome to my dream journal! I'm still relativily new to lucid dreaming. I've had some lucid dreams here and there by chance but nothing until recently purposely induced by any technique. My curiosity compelled me to surf the web and caused me to stumble upon this great site! I lurked around for a bit and tried some techniques to find something that worked. Trial and error caused me to discover a simple technique that made one of my first fully lucid dreams almost effortless! This success really motivated me and let me know that I can do this. So like many others, my goal is to master lucid dreaming. My goal is to dream about whatever I want whenever I want. Whose isn't! After a bit of thought, acheiving this goal comes down to mastering two things... Lucid Dream Induction Technique-to dream whenever I want Dream Control- to dream whatever I want Mastering my Lucid Dream Induction Technique My new lucid dream induction technique inspired me on this quest to master lucid dreaming. My technique is simple. I simply think "I'm dreaming" as many times as possible as I'm falling asleep. When I enter a dream, the very first thing that comes to my mind is "I'm dreaming" which immediately causes me to become lucid. As of right now I've only tested this technique once. But, it worked so well that I feel it will be reliable in the long haul. If this technique ends up failing consistantly I'll have to find a new technique but I'm convinced the former will work. As I have tested this technique only once, it might evolve over time if I find ways to improve it. Mastering my lucid dream induction technique and dreaming whenever I want means mastering these things... Technique Reliablity How reliable the technique is. The success/fail ratio. Dream Recall I know dream recall has nothing to do with my lucid dream induction technique but if I can't remember my dreams, I can't have any lucid dreams! Mastering Dream Control To me to be able to dream whatever I want to me is the essence of dream control. My dream control as of right now is not too good and is the place I can most improve. After a bit of thought, mastering dream control consist of mastering the control these things Environment The setting and all the important objects of the dream. Plot The storyline of the dream and all the characters, including myself. Dream Quality This is the quality of the vividness and the stabalization of the lucid dream. Occasionally to see where I am I'll give myself a score on each category (1-5) to see where I am and where I can improve. When I give myself a 5 in all categories I'll have achieved my goal! Here are my initial scores Lucid Dream Induction Technique Technique Reliablilty-5 Dream Recall-3 Dream Control Environment-1 Plot-2 Dream Quality-4 In future journal entries I will only post lucid dreams and a bit of commentary when needed. That's it for now, gotta go to sleep
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