I attribute the better-than-average dream control to my actively becoming aware of the dream and not just "knowing" it after a transition. That's given me an extra spur to try to become more aware in my daily life I hadn't even considered the continuity. I wonder whether it was a function of my expectation ("of course they're still there!") or of how my mind is organized. It seems it could be a problem if my dreams are too "fixed," and it does make me wonder: there have been a number of times I've tried to use expectation to summon something, and it's almost never worked

For my nap yesterday, I decided to try to control my descent into sleep - I figured that if I never fell asleep, it would be a lot better than not sleeping in the middle of the night. I tried to pay attention to my breathing, but I fell asleep almost immediately anyway. Oh well.

I've gotten in the bad habit of having late nights recently, and I really need to get out of it. I still managed to have fairly good recall Saturday, Sunday, and today.