Quote Originally Posted by Lahzo View Post
I've been trying to keep up with it anyways. I usually go a day or two with no dream recall and then have an average amount of dreams recalled, rinse and repeat. I'll hopefully get rather proficient in inducing lucidity now after switching my major. I have to withdraw from my engineering courses and it leaves only my English class late on Tuesday and Thursday.

Does anybody have any suggestions for a good dream journal? Mine usually follow a format that states the date and the intimate details of my dream. Anything else? I usually mark down or underline repeating themes and objects as well.
Your dream journal sounds like it has a nice base format to me. I like going with a date, then a few little written sentences about my plans for the night. In these, I usually just say how vivid and memorable my dreams are, that I wake up from dreams and recall them in great detail, and how well I recognize when I'm dreaming. Basically just kind of setting some quick intentions and boasting to myself, lol. I think of myself at my absolute best while I'm writing this and try to feel like a pro. If I've got a task in mind, that goes there too.

After that, yeah, I just do numbered entries with an optional title (which I often fill in later) and the details of the dream. Underlining and/or writing out recurring themes (as you are doing) is a very good idea. The margin is also good for for scratching down keywords where you're too pressed for time to write everything out and will have to flesh it out later. And of course, the all caps "LUCID" for when you strike gold.

Quote Originally Posted by Lahzo View Post
The book I'm reading is called Lucid Dreaming and it's by Robert Wagonner. I've never heard or seen anything from him prior to me aimlessly browsing the local library.
Oh sure! This is the "Gateway to the Inner Self" one, right? That one is on my reading list! (I've read the Kindle sample and I'll step up for the full version when I get through what I'm working on now.) Let us know how it is!

Edit: Okay, I'm totally stealing some of paigeyemps' ideas, ha ha. Do I have to give up my man card if I use different colored pens?