By telling yourself it's important and sticking to that. That's all there is to it. |
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I have in a way lost my motivation, but I am still motivated. I still keep my dream journal, but barely, like I would make excuses for not taking notes to help me recall my dreams, and I don't reality check at all, or maybe just twice a day. All this has gone to the back of my mind, and I'm feeling really indifferent about this. |
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By telling yourself it's important and sticking to that. That's all there is to it. |
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Hi Avalanche. That's a problem I struggle with tremendously, and I'm sure a lot of others do too. |
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Adopted by sol.
Be fearless. Love is the solution.
Like I'm falling out of bed from a long and weary dream
Finally I'm free of all the weight I've been carrying.
Thanks guys. I was all about lucid dreaming a while ago, doing my best and sorta getting places after about 7 months of not much happening. Then some things came up and it took a bit of a backseat, and it has seemed to have petered out, like it was just a fad I was into and another one has taken it's place (Battlefield 3). |
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Same kind of problem here man. I love lucid dreaming but I just ain't as dedicated as I used to be... It's writing down my dreams I struggle with. Ever since this lazy week I had months ago it's been really hard to get back into. |
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I think where you are in life really affects LD motivation. When I'm in a slump IRL, it's reflected in the dream world which sucks because that is when I need good dreams the most. If I'm excited about life in general and have enough time for sleep, that is the prime motivation environment. Otherwise you just have to work with conjuring up the motivation from thin air, which can work but is hard and doesn't last the same. |
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I know how that feels. It's pretty much my final exams year this year in school so I can see how that would fit. But I'm not really stressed or worried, I just can't seem to find the drive to do anything. I haven't had much success with this stuff anyway, so that doesn't help. |
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Avalanche, I feel for you. |
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I've just given up and accepted the fact that it is impossible for me to stay motivated about something forever. I go through stages where I am super passionate about something, then it fades to a mellow love, then it just becomes a habit. Months later, my passion will return, stronger than ever. This is just part of being human. It happens with everything in life. Relationships, sports, arts, music. |
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A lot of people have already had great replies. I don't know if you have seen my guide or not but I have a guide to helping you keep motivated. You can find the link in my signature. Hope you get motivated again! |
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I read your guide when it came out, didn't pay too much attention as I was really into it already back then. Well today I made some effort and I stepped up the reality checking, and tonight is a weekend night so I might have a go at a WBTB. |
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This may sound unrelated and might make you go, "how in the world could that help?"... But, I picked up a new hobby the other weekend, and got back into drawing a lot, and my recall rose quite a bit. This gave me motivation not only to dream journal again and pick my recall back up, but also lucid dream as a whole. Who knows, it might work for you - try developing an interest in something else and it might motivate you! |
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We all live in a kind of continuous dream. When we wake, it is because something,
some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we have taken as reality.
Vandermeer
SAT (Sporadic Awareness Technique) Guide
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I'll try that if I can fit in a hobby somewhere, or even just think of one. |
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I might get lynched for this but...maybe what you really need is to have a break from it. LDing should be a passion, not a chore. Give yourself permission to slack off for a little while and then come back to start fresh. |
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DV Buddy: BlueKat
OMG, TRAITOR!!!! |
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i actually was suffering the same thing, and i found AL3ZAY's "Challenges To All For The Dream Realm" to be motivation for me. im not sure how you will like it but i would recommend it. |
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I already took a week long break and everything just went south for me, breaks do not work. It's not motivation to lucid dream I need, it's a motivation to do all the extra bits of effort you need to do. Like I can reality check fine, but doing it 20 times I day or more I just can't do anymore for some reason. It has barely helped me in the past so why keep doing it is all I think? |
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Personally I think RCs are useless unless I really try and conjure up the feeling of "what if I actually am dreaming?". It's all fine and good how people say to RC every time you look at a clock (or whatever) but it seems unlikely to me that people who RC this often can be doing them fully each time. Try doing really meaningful RCs where you pay attention to the present moment, sensations, thoughts etc. but don't worry about doing this more than say 3 times a day and I still think it's way more effective. Also, just solidifying my intent to LD in a brief WBTB, I find more effective than any RCs during the day. |
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That's some nice advice- less work with the same results lol. I tried to do a bit of ADA today, but it just didn't happen, couldn't remember to do it and when I did I was too tired anyway, plus school requires more attention. |
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