Hey,
Writing down my dreams every morning takes too long, especially as I start to remember more. By the time I'm done writing everything down, I could have taken a shower or gotten more sleep. I've started to try to retain dreams in my head now instead of on paper, I won't be able to remember every last detail forever now, but in general I'm still able to recall dreams if not better than before, now.

Anyone else give up on dream journals, or resort to mental dream journals? Any other techniques that I may not be thinking of?