If you can go with just remembering your dreams as you wake up from them and still record them in the morning, go for it! A dream journal is only a means, not an end |
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I'm really struggeling with the motivation for keeping a dream journal. It it just too time consuming. I have a lot of dreams; long ones with a lot of crazy stuff happening, and it takes foreeever to write it down. Sometimes the dreams are so abstract that it's very hard to describe them with words. I've tried just jotting down key words, but in my opinion that's just the same as writing nothing. Doesn't help recall one bit, no more than just thinking about the dream when I wake up. For me it's got to be all or nothing. |
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Dream goals:
Ask my dog to show me a new trick [x]
Look in my pockets, see what I find [x]
Look at a Hoya and see what the flowers will look like []
Play chess with a famous grandmaster []
Sing to an audience []
If you can go with just remembering your dreams as you wake up from them and still record them in the morning, go for it! A dream journal is only a means, not an end |
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Meditation + Creative Visualization + Lucid Dreaming = Achieve anything you want
When I firsts started pursing LDs I kept a full dream journal (normal dreams and lucid dreams) for a while but then stopped because it was too much of a hassle. However, I continued to keep a journal for just lucid dreams. |
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Total LDs (some very brief) = 2004: 4 * 2005: 18 * 2006: 16 * 2007: 2 * 2008: 0 * 2009: 0 * 2010: 1 * 2011: 12 * 2012: 3 * 2013: 1 * 2014: 6 * 2015: 1 * 2016: 0 * 2017: 18 * 2018: 3 * 2019: 0 (so far)
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. ~William Dement
Thank you for your replys, it's good to know I don't have to keep a juornal to have LDs (even though it might help me getting more of them), maybe I can get away with only recording my dreams every other day or a few days a week... I'll make sure I up the effort in RC'ing and in awareness during daytime to compensate. |
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Dream goals:
Ask my dog to show me a new trick [x]
Look in my pockets, see what I find [x]
Look at a Hoya and see what the flowers will look like []
Play chess with a famous grandmaster []
Sing to an audience []
I'm not to the point where I have this problem yet, but I think a good way to do it would be to just write down the dreams that you find interesting to write about. After all, what's the point in doing it if it's no fun? |
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A DJ gives me more dependable dream recall, over all. Without one, sure I'll remember my dreams but it fluctuates. If I'm on top of it, my dreams are not only more dependably recalled but my recollections are more vivid. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
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