Great points. It's important to find the balance between LD practice and other waking responsibilities. One writer mentions "take care of your waking life" as being an important part of LD practice, to avoid stress and anxiety (which are dream recall killers).

Every once in a while, usually after a poor recall night, or when I'm very tired, I'll think "What in the world am I doing, spending all this time on this dreaming stuff?" Those thoughts usually don't last long, and certainly a nice night of recall clears it right up.

I just know that, since dreaming is so awesome, were I ever to quit practice, I would absolutely return to it at a future date. So, why not cut out all that lost time and progress and missed dreams, and simply never quit? It's the superior solution .