Time Related Issues With DJ

Iv'e been trying to lucid dream for around a year now but iv'e had to stop writing my dreams down in my DJ because I don't have enough time to write down my entire dream in the morning due to school. I already wake up really early for school (Around 5:45) and i spend most of that time getting ready. When i do have enough time on the weekends it takes around 30 minutes to write down my entire dream. I would like some tips on how to compress what i write into a smaller format that takes less time or maybe even other ways to take less time to write down my dreams. My dreams are also usually a page or two long.

Here's a quick alternative that can speed up the process exponentially. Hopefully, you are able to take the ten minutes out of the day to right up a little chart that you can fill in quickly in the morning.

Start it off by first writing the date, as to keep record of when the dreams happened. Then, if your in a book, write general dream topics down the page, leaving space between each to fill in.

Some of them could be:
- Setting ( Where did the dream take place?)
- Sensations (How did the dream feel? Happy, frantic, anxious, etc)
- Characters ( Who was in the dream, if anyone other than yourself)
- Goals ( What were you doing/trying to do)

These are just some of the little topics you could leave yourself space to write under when you wake up, keep most of the info in point form when you can as well. Good luck! Hope it helps

Maybe in the morning write a couple details. Then when you come back you can continue off where you were before. Even the details can help your recall and just finishing it after is no problem. Just write the details first.

I record my dream audibly in the morning. Just use a voice recorder, it'll take a couple of minutes.

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Just use a voice recorder, it'll take a couple of minutes.

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Didnt even cross my mind, using a recorder has to be I'd say; the quickest means of getting and storing your dream information.

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Originally Posted by Validus

Didnt even cross my mind, using a recorder has to be I'd say; the quickest means of getting and storing your dream information.

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the idea of using voice recorder seems better and also will save ur time i think! BTW! u mentioned that u have been trying to Lucid Dream since 1 year, have u induced any yet? just asking

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Originally Posted by UdIe

the idea of using voice recorder seems better and also will save ur time i think! BTW! u mentioned that u have been trying to Lucid Dream since 1 year, have u induced any yet? just asking

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Me?

Yeah iv'e had a couple. MILD seems to work best. Even before i go to sleep in the first place it seems to have a chance of working.

I plan to buy a voice recorder myself very soon since I have a very similar time problem, until then I tend to write down keywords in my DJ--a very very quick summary of the most prominent/important parts of the dream that usually make me suddenly remember the rest of the dream when I see them.

Here's what i do. Under my pillow i have a small note book. After waking up. I write in the things as fast as possible but so that i can still remember the dream. Now once doing that, I write it up in more detail into my DJ, once i got time for that.

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Originally Posted by CTX

Here's what i do. Under my pillow i have a small note book. After waking up. I write in the things as fast as possible but so that i can still remember the dream. Now once doing that, I write it up in more detail into my DJ, once i got time for that.

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I heard a tip somewhere that you can draw a chart in the evening, then when you wake up, fill it, then you're done. It would be very fast, and effective. It would be divided as settings, characters,etc.