Tag Book Method (Micro-WBTBs)
Welcome. This is my thread. :P It kind of goes along the lines of a micro-WBTB. Since you are only waking up for a minute or so 4 or 5 times a night, you don't have time to type up your whole dream in a minute. Also, I don't ever DJ, but I would like to remember my dreams. This is also sort of an addition to this thread:
How to effectively Dream Journal
I know that staysharp made a tagbook method, and his is pretty good, but mine is a little different, more straightforward. It works for me. :P
Staysharps method:
http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-sign...ok-method.html
Also, a lot of people wonder about how I remember so many dreams without a dream journal, and it is mostly thanks to my dream journal and this thread right here together:
http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-sign...ompendium.html
So onto the tagging!
What is a tag?
A tag is something that you write in the middle of the night so that you will remember your dream in the morning.
What should a tag contain?
I always put 3 basic things.
Who, what, and where. This will give you a picture of the dream, even if you don't remember it. If I say Borimir, I know what Borimir is even after waking.
Where was I. In a mall? In the mall I know? In the park? In a space station? What kind of space station? In a tardis? You want a background to go with this.
What. I was stopping the emperor Zerg. Sworn enemy of the galactic alliance. Now I have tags that can put a picture in everyone's head.
Borimir. Tardis. Fighting Zerg.
This gives you a face and a place and an idea of what it would look like, even if it isn't your dream, you could figure out about it.
If you have a second part of the dream and things changed a lot, you will want to put another who what and where. So if I am going to Egypt and Mark is there and we are trying to steal a mermaid, you want to make sure that there is a connection.
Borimir, Tardis, Fighting Zerg. -Tardis- Mark, Egypt, Stealing mermaid.
Just to make sure that you know that it is one dream, don't start another line. If you have another dream, you want to skip a line and make another line.
Borimir, Tardis, Fighting Zerg. -Tardis- Mark, Egypt, Stealing mermaid.
Park, mask kids from majora's mask, Eating lunch
This is a bare minimum of what to put down. For a lucid dream you want to put a little more down. I write down all conversation as well as who, what, and where.
This is a pretty small guide, but it is just a tag idea. Use it, let me know how it goes. If you have any questions about other ways to recall and DJ, then ask away. As of last January, this is all I do for Djing. Lucids I go back in the morning and make sure that there is more, but non lucids I leave it simple, and I remember all the ones that I write down this way. I would recommend Djing until you get better though. :P
Remember that a WBTB is supposed to wake you up enough that you can still make it to sleep, but the rule of "never go to sleep tired" still applies.
Added to the OP
One Eye Trick
I kind of forgot about this before, even though I use it every night.
When DJing at night on a screen, or having to wake up for restroom, then I find it useful to only open one eye if you are afraid of not being able to go back to sleep. I have no science to back this up or anything, but it seems to help. Similar to eyes not adjusting to light if one eye is closed (pirate trick). Might be useful for someone else!
