I've started reading over my old dreams a bit, and I'm going to try to keep it up. Frankly, I have to force myself to do it, since most of my dreams are very strange and often involve me being in (or observing) uncomfortable situations. Ah, well, hopefully once I get this stuff figured out I can get enough control over my dreams to actually enjoy them
The good thing is after reading some of these entries, you get to identify situations that are typical dream stuff. And if you recall the dream and think ok, this is the part in question where it points so strongly that it's a dream, and eventually you will start recognizing these things during dreams too. Sometimes I go over older entries and highlight the key stuff so it's easier to recall and remember. You already have excellent dream journal organization, so that's going to pay off.