I need some inspiration for writing in my dream journal some more...

**JohnnyBoi** · 11-05-2011 11:27 PM

(Relocate this thread if needed, I had to rush this because I had to go somewhere)

I've started to not write in my journal anymore. Even though I have so much time. I used to be so fluent about it but now it just sits there collecting dust. I even made a dream journal (password protected) on my computer for my rather explicit dreams

. It's so sad because I've finally reached my lucid dreaming goal. I have them so much now. It goes to show that this site is a good resource for beginner lucid dreamers. Maybe I should change my Beginner Dreamer status... I wonder what I should change it to.

Did anyone else go through a phase like this? How do I get back on track?

For now I'll abuse this horse because I can't figure out what to do...

**EdreamT** · 11-06-2011 01:02 AM

I've been slacking, too... and therefore not dreaming lucidly!
Keep the journal if you want to LD!

**Naiya** · 11-06-2011 01:48 AM

I'm sort of in a phase like this myself. I've gotten stuck as far as not having motivation to complete my goals. I still keep a private dream journal, but I don't make it nearly as detailed as I used to, and so my recall has suffered. Ever since I got a terrible crappy job a couple of years ago (which I've long left) my recall and LD ability have suffered, without a whole lot of recovery. I know I can get back to how I was a few years ago, but it's a lot of work because many of my good habits, like constant awareness, have been mostly broken. So it's going to be a lot of work, and what work I do put into it doesn't show much improvement right away. In a lot of ways I feel like a newb all over again. I also feel stuck as far as getting goals done...I just don't feel motivated to do them anymore and so I spend most of my lucids just sort of wandering around and doing whatever seems interesting in that time and place. :S

I think my best advice would be to make a new list of goals that you are really excited about. It will help motivate you to do the more mundane things like journaling and recall of nonlucid dreams and stuff. I think I had my best success in LDing when I was really excited about things I wanted to do.

**JohnnyBoi** · 11-06-2011 02:47 PM

Anymore advice?

**Mancon** · 11-07-2011 02:42 AM

I recommend you read others peoples dream journals that are organized and look awesome and be inspired off of them. Just tell yourself you need to start writing in it and keep it up. When you go to bed tell yourself you WILL write down your dream in the morning.

**JohnnyBoi** · 11-07-2011 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by Mancon

I recommend you read others peoples dream journals that are organized and look awesome and be inspired off of them. Just tell yourself you need to start writing in it and keep it up. When you go to bed tell yourself you WILL write down your dream in the morning.

Well I never really read any dream journals on here but I'll give it a try.
I still remember fragments of my dreams though even though it's been about 3 weeks since I wrote in my DJ. I remembered 3-4 dreams this morning considering I always WBTB.

**Toch** · 11-07-2011 11:17 PM

Maybe you'll find this helpful, maybe not: The approach I took to motivate myself to keep my journal was to think of the memories of my dreams as precious little bits of information that I had managed to smuggle out of one world into another, and that would be lost forever unless I write it down immediately.

Even when I do write my dreams down, I often find that I completely forget even the most vivid of dreams, and so the journal entry is all I have left. I had one particularly breathtaking LD in which I marveled at the scenery and took out a camera to take a picture; however, when the picture came out blank, I realized that you can't take pictures in dreams. The dream journal is the only alternative.