Getting sidetracked

[Earthatic]

Let's say you want to practice playing a certain sport, but you feel like you have to find a field to practice in... Your search for the field then transforms into a scenario you did not initially intend. Whenever you think a task should be completed before you can move onto a desired event, you seem to run the risk of getting derailed, especially if you can't retain your train of thought. A dream can potentially begin with you being in the field right away, so how do you get around this? Simply believing that you are already there might solve this problem, but since the mind is functioning out of natural habit (like with false awakenings), it's easier said than done. As soon as you are to struggle with your own desire to believe, you become fixated on that futile process, which results in wasted LD time. I know it takes a great deal of mental conditioning to get good at lucid dreaming, but I am currently struggling with this. Perhaps frustration is what is holding me back, but I would appreciate some advice.

[Kruse]

It's most likely possible to imagine yourself being on a field doing practice while going to sleep, that would likely heighten your chances of dreaming of it in the first place

[MarineRecon]

Before you go to bed kind've do a MILD type thing and picture yourself becoming lucid in a dream and what you want to do after you become lucid. I used to have the same problem as you for my first few lucids, but after you have more experience it becomes easier.

[gab]

Instead of going to look for the field, tell yourself "I'm gonna practice on this field behind this door [behind the corner, behind me...] And summoning works the best, if you not summoning at all, but you KNOW that something is behind the corner, or behind the door... You just think to yourself "I'll pick up the ball that's behind the corner". And you don't think of it appearing there, or if it will work, or that you wish for it to be there. You just know it's there, as if you left it there, or if you practiced on that field every day, so of course it's there. And yes, thinking about the field as you falling asleep, even drawing it on a paper, looking at a video with fields might help you to incubate a dream of your choice. If the picture really makes you happy, and the video impresses you, it's more likely to work.

[Scionox]

I agree with gab there, though personally dream incubation before going to sleep haven't worked for me ever.

[gab]

I agree with gab there, though personally dream incubation before going to sleep haven't worked for me ever. Keep trying. It has never worked for me either, until one day it did And since then I notice it happening more often. It could be from a movie I watched just before bedtime, a youtube video, something in the news. The more it boggles my mind in WL, more likely it is to show up in my dream. It has also happened when I thought about a VERY familar place.

[CharlesD]

Things that are on your mind will pop up in dreams. I've been seeing young children the last two nights. They need my help with something and there's nothing I can do. A bit disturbing to say the least.