Thread: JoshMcNaughts WorkBook

Originally Posted by fogelbise

Congrats on the excellent recall the night before last! There were also good signs that you are getting closer to becoming lucid! Sometimes we need recovery nights like the latest one, so no worries at all.

I can't wait to have my first lucid! I hope it is coming soon!

Originally Posted by JoshMcNaught

I can't wait to have my first lucid! I hope it is coming soon!

I bet it is! One thing that helps a lot of people is to continue putting in the work, but to not get too uptight or worried about whether or not you will become lucid. It's like if you are preparing for a race or test, you want to put in the intense preparation but when the starting gun fires (when going to bed or back to bed) being relaxed and confident with calm intent serves you better.

Originally Posted by fogelbise

I bet it is! One thing that helps a lot of people is to continue putting in the work, but to not get too uptight or worried about whether or not you will become lucid. It's like if you are preparing for a race or test, you want to put in the intense preparation but when the starting gun fires (when going to bed or back to bed) being relaxed and confident with calm intent serves you better.

I will echo fogelbise here: I'm sure it will be soon! Keeping your mind on the subject of dreaming and lucid dreaming, focusing on your recall like you are, will surely result in a LD soon. Anticipate it, but as fogelbise says, stay calm and not anxious or stressed. Having relaxed, confident focus yields the best results. You've already proven that you can boost dream vividness, that's basically most of the battle right there. Just keep doing what you're doing, and make it a concrete goal to be lucid in a dream. It helps to have a single thing you'd really like to do in a lucid dream always on your mind. I find that I get lucid a LOT more when I have concrete dream goals. Just "getting lucid" is not a strong enough or specific enough goal for me.