Quote Originally Posted by gab View Post
Reading DV DJs, even your old dreams, and participating in forums can get your motivation up. Happy dreams
Browsing DV and reading DJs does get my motivation up, now that I think about it. Thanks for the advise!

Quote Originally Posted by Neon304 View Post
3 weeks? Come on man, your just getting started!
Don't expect full fledged lucid dreams every night, your just going to be disappointed. Instead focus on the small victories, momentary lucidity, or even if you just have slightly more awareness. Maybe your dream recall goes up. Any small thing like that is still success, just enjoy the process, and don't get discouraged, and above all else, just remember you can pull it off.
I know it's only 3 weeks, and it's not that long. I guess my expectations were just too high, and I ended up getting disappointed from it. I have recently noticed, though, that my dream recall has gone up greatly since I started dream journaling. I will definitely start focusing on the small things, and remembering that the small things are still a success. Thank you!

Quote Originally Posted by BrandonBoss View Post
Plus... three weeks man. Not to be rude, but that is nothing. if you want to LD that bad, then you have to put in the effort or you didn't want it enough. I had a random LD that started me with LDing, and it took me about 2 months to have another one. if you want to LD you have to count the cost and how far you are willing to go before quitting. You have been LDing for 3 weeks and have 1 LD. That is better than most everyone.


Also encouragement is to watch movies about dreams, or with all the movies you watch imagine that they are dreams and what you would do in that universe, it will give you lots of good ideas and is just fun. Books are awesome as well. I feel like residing a book is almost like dreaming anyways.
I know, I know. 3 weeks is not that long at all haha. Like I said above, I guess my expectations were too high, and I was expecting quick and easy results, and when I realized that is not the case, I got disappointed. I was never planning on quitting though. I just needed a little motivation to get back up and going. Thanks for the tips!

Quote Originally Posted by Jabre View Post
Most people would not recommend a WILD to beginners, but I believe that if you master it, it will help you. Check out some of the great tutorials the DV community has to offer.


You really just have to find what works best for you... If you are good at DILD or want to get better, go for it, but I strongly recommend you try one of the WILD methods. (There are many, usually used with WBTB... my personal fav being DEILD... Check it out.)
This is the first time that I have seen someone straight up say that even though I am a beginner, mastering WILD would really help me. I felt the exact same way, which is why I have actually tried WILDing for a while. Actually, I have tried a bunch of different techniques since I started trying to lucid dream, which I think got me very overwhelmed, and I couldn't decide what to do. I definitely want to master WILDing sometime in the future, once I am better at, and have the feel for lucid dreaming.
my personal fav being DEILD
For the past couple of days, I have dedicated myself to DEILDing, and I have made the decision that that is what I am planning on doing for the next few weeks, to see if it works out for me. I feel like I can definitely do this, so I am going to focus on DEILD for a while.

Thanks for the help everyone!