The last 2 nights haven't been good dreaming-wise. On Thursday night I slept 2 hours before waking up and was unable to go back to sleep for the rest of the night. It's like my intention to wake up to record dreams and do a WBTB goes into overdrive and keeps me awake. Then last night I slept a straight 10 hours to compensate and now feel rested. Only got one snippet of dream from each night, though.

On Friday morning after not sleeping all night, I tried to WILD, as I was so tired, I thought I could hold my awareness while sleep overtook me, but that didn't work. Hanging onto my awareness just seems to rule out falling asleep. But I am not going to pursue the WILD now, it was just that one circumstance that I thought might be conducive.

I am now doing SSILD. Finding it hard to concentrate on doing 4 repeats of the cycle - my mind slips and slides everywhere and I keep having to start again. I guess it will take more practice?

Do others remember dreams that took place before others? If I don't wake up right after each dream to record it, then it is gone by morning. And the trouble is that once I have woken up to record, I struggle to get back to sleep. That transition from awake to asleep is a difficult one for me.

Any advice about what I have written? Comments? Pep talk?