Quote Originally Posted by Tygar View Post
I just need a way to get lucid that won't cause me to constantly lose sleep.
That's crucial for me as well being a slightly older oneironaut who needs to still get up early every day for work. I really make certain that I fall asleep peacefully and quickly at the beginning of the night and I keep away from anything that requires me to use an alarm to interrupt sleep. SSILD continues to be my go to induction technique.....I can use it at the very end of the night during my last sleep period and it really requires that you fall right back to sleep. What's not to like? And it almost always yields results in some way.

I save my WILD attempts for opportune times in weekends.

My smaller goals are: (1) To ask myself "am I dreaming" often though out the day (to keep keep me as aware as possible;
I have been having better success recently by telling myself often during the day that "This is a dream". I find that every time I say that my attention snaps right back to my surroundings. It seems to automatically heighten awareness of my surroundings. At night, when falling asleep after SSILD cycles, I calmly tell myself, "Say the words, man...this is a dream." When it works it's very strong....I enter the dream and say the words...and there is no doubt that it's a dream.

Hey, how do I update my Avatar and signature? Do I have to upgrade or something?
You should be able to just go to your Control Panel and navigate to your avatar and your signature from there.