I have several habits about my written dream journal. If I don't follow them, I fear I'll have bad luck and won't have any recall. I only use one pen. I must use a nice gel pen, not a ball-point. Every night I click it once, check the ink, slip it in the pocket in the journal, and then lay it just-so on the corner of my bed. If I accidentally knock the journal off the bed, that's bad luck. Occasionally I'll forget to write the date, or write it one day off, or write the time wrong and that's all bad luck. If I accidentally leave a page blank in between entries, that's bad luck. Then in the morning I put the journal and pen back in there place on my desk, just-so.