Thread: CanisLucidus' Workbook

Let's get this workbook started.

Reality Checks:
-Nose pinch (primary, when hands feel clean)
-Finger through palm (when hand cleanliness feels questionable, such as post-doorknob touch)
-"What was I just doing?"
-"What is causing me to feel this sense of <insert negative emotion here>?"

Dream Signs:
-Riding any kind of bus
-Feeling strong emotions about trivial things
-Seeing friends and loved ones at different ages than they are in reality
-Being in a university setting
-Being in a bar
-Computers that have unbelievable capabilities and act of their own accord
-Riding in a car with someone who is driving extremely recklessly (generally hitting other cars)
-Exploring ruins or lost civilizations

Short-Term Goals:
-Increase average lucidity length (currently around 4 minutes and falling!)
-Eliminate tendency to wake myself up because I "get stuck" for various reasons in the first 1-2 minutes. Escape attempts often lead to early awakenings.
-Maintain and gently increase lucidity frequency.
-Further stabilize my flight.
-Keep having fun!
-Edit: I have a list of ~97 things I would like to try in a dream. I'll continue to work through (and add to) that list.

Long-Term Goals:
-Lucid dream with very high frequency. Ultimate goal would be virtually every night or even at will.
-Build creative works and concepts (particularly related to video games) in the lucid state.

Lucid/Dream Recall History:
-9 lucid dreams, 8 of which are from the past 6 weeks
-Dream recall averages 4 per night. All-time maximum is 6. Get zero recall about once per week.

Current Technique(s):
-Lucid living in daytime
-SSILD in the early morning when I have a natural early waking
-The combination of the above leads to DILDs