I continue to see references to written dream journals at our bedside. Why?

We now live in the age of technology and this is my recommendation.

I use a smart phone with the sound recorder application that typically comes with the phone. I keep it next to my pillow at night so when I wake up all I have to do is simply hit the record button and whisper away all the details of my dream.

There is no fumbling around for pens or a pencil, no need to turn on a light to see what you are writing and I’m certain that I can whisper more details about a dream in one minute than I can write about in one minute.

Most voice recorder applications have a date/time stamp, which automatically appears when you record something. No need to look at a clock and write the time.

All of these conveniences makes lying completely still after waking up extremely easy, a necessity for decent dream recall. Having the recordings will also force me to listen to them later in the day in order to transcribe them to a written journal. This second exposure to my dreams also affords me an opportunity to review dream signs and work at my recall ability when I am wide awake and energized.