Thread: Goal Setting: What are Some Good Goals for my Level?

Stephen LaBerge mentioned in his book that setting goals is very important. He suggests to record and evaluate those goals. Goals should depend on one's level of achievment.

I have had some lucid dreams, but I am still not able to have them regularly. My dream recall is reasonably good. Usually I remember at least one dream in the morning. I have also identified some dream signs.

What kind of goals would one set at my stage? I have tried to have at least one lucid dream within the next week, but that goal has failed repeatedly. Should I just increase the period of time?

I would just start out with something simple and common like flying. It's highly enjoyable, and pretty easy to do compared to other tasks. Or your main goal could just be getting at least 1 lucid a month.

If you need an idea for a goal, I'd recommend Task of the Month

I have enough tasks that I want to do in my lucid dreams. Easy ones, too. That's not the problem. Getting lucid is the problem. What kind of goals should I set for myself to become lucid more often?

Originally Posted by illidan

I have enough tasks that I want to do in my lucid dreams. Easy ones, too. That's not the problem. Getting lucid is the problem. What kind of goals should I set for myself to become lucid more often?

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that's for you to decide- I think maybe setting yourself goals wouldn't be a good idea because you have no control over when they happen, not even a vague idea when the next one will be and not much practise in general. I would just get used to the idea of lucid dreaming and what it means- many times my dreams have strong references to lucid dreams and that can cause a DILD.

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attaining lucidity is the hardest step, but as I said above the more attention you spend on lucid dreaming in general the more probability you will have random DILDs. Obviously there is also WILD, but you have to master that on your own.

I don't quite understand why you think it's not a good idea. Could you maybe elaborate. Stephen LaBerge recommends it in his book. Apparently, he even used it himself.

Yeah I set myself goals I would recomend trying what I am currently attempting to achieve, Body control basically its the easiest part of the dream to control i.e. growing taller changing the colour of your clothes and of course flying good luck and happy dreaming

For me, improving dream recall has been the best catalyst for improving my lucid percentage. So in the past, setting a goal to improve recall has helped me to progress in LDs. And now when I'm in a dryspell, I return to the goal of dream recall and that often helps me snap the dryspell.

So for specific goals, I'd suggest a few things. Set your intent to improve your recall up to more dreams per night. If you are at 1-2, set your intent to recall 3 per night. Also set your intent to recall more detail. Push yourself to recall sensory details like the the lighting and arrangement of the room and the color of DC's clothing and hair. Note these in your journal. Over time, it will improve your awareness and attention to detail, which will improve your chances of recognized to a dreamsign. Lastly, mix in some WBTB. Almost all of my lucids come after a WBTB after about 4.5 to 6 hours of sleep.

Thank you, sisyphus, your ideas sound very good. I will definitely try setting goals for more detailed and more vivid dream recall.

I'm not sure about WBTB, though. When I get up after 5 or 6 hours of sleep, I always have trouble falling asleep again.