Thread: Oh, where has the motivation gone?

I have actually been thinking of giving up on my DJ. I have 10 or so in a Word doc coz I needed them off my phone, and have another 20ish in my phone as drafts. It's just a hassle to me to actually write them down. I've been thinking of only writting down long, interesting dreams (And not bother with the short dreams), and LD's. I don't go back and read them for dream signs, so it's not like I'd be loosing anything by not doing it. I've only re-read for my own amusement

Maybe I should just start writting them in Word instead of an actual notebook... but I like to doodle what I saw. Maybe have the notebook have only doodles, and the Word doc with the actual text?

Motivation? Are you kidding?
Motivation to enter and explore your own world where you can do and experience anything that you can think of?

Originally Posted by Thyspacegoat

Motivation? Are you kidding?
Motivation to enter and explore your own world where you can do and experience anything that you can think of?

I'm not sure how new you are to this, but give it a few months and you'll prob think it's a hassle as well, lol

My problem is is that I don't have a lot. I'm lucky if I have one a month. No point in frustrating myself, so I really don't bother with other techniques other than DILD. Takes no effort, and I don't feel bad if I don't LD. I'll try to WILD now and then, but in the end it's just a nap

Originally Posted by Armistice

I'm not sure how new you are to this, but give it a few months and you'll prob think it's a hassle as well, lol

My problem is is that I don't have a lot. I'm lucky if I have one a month. No point in frustrating myself, so I really don't bother with other techniques other than DILD. Takes no effort, and I don't feel bad if I don't LD. I'll try to WILD now and then, but in the end it's just a nap

Well then your problem is that you're not having alot of lucids, not motivation. I don't see it becoming a hassle as I don't even keep a dream journal. DILD and WILD aren't the only techniques you know. Try doing WBTB and DEILDS.

Originally Posted by Thyspacegoat

Motivation? Are you kidding?
Motivation to enter and explore your own world where you can do and experience anything that you can think of?

I think everyone on this forum understands the potential prize of becoming an expert lucid dreamer. But when you're not seeing much, if anything in the way of results, it can be hard to stay motivated. It's like pretty much any pursuit in life, really.

Originally Posted by exdreamer

I think everyone on this forum understands the potential prize of becoming an expert lucid dreamer. But when you're not seeing much, if anything in the way of results, it can be hard to stay motivated. It's like pretty much any pursuit in life, really.

This is definitely true. I tried LDing for one week, got a LD but life got busy so I had to forget about it. Got back into it and got a couple of LDs. Everytime I get close to having one, I would have dreams about dreams which signalled how close I was. I would then start to pick up my RCs, etc..... and end up with an LD. Suffice to say I haven't done anything impressive and they weren't as vivid as I would have liked, but, I found that after I got an LD, I would have a hard time continuing my RCs the next day, kinda like I accomplished a goal but wasn't too impressed with the results. I think if everyone had a proper LD with good awareness, decent control and good length, then we would have a hard time NOT wanting to have more, but, with lack luster LDs, you feel like you are putting in all that work for somewhat disappointing results

Originally Posted by BigFan

you feel like you are putting in all that work for somewhat disappointing results

The reason I only do DILDs, lol