Thread: Mango's Workbook

Wheeee, dry spell is broken! I remembered 3 dreams last night. But once again, when I woke up at like 4am, I couldn't get back to sleep. It was really hot in my room. I really need a fan, but the day my step-mum decides to get fans is the day when pigs fly (in waking life, of course).

Congrats on the recall!

Also, I wish those pigs could learn to fly and sooner!

Oh, I didn't really go on DV today. Whoops. Recalled two dreams last night. Due to me having that dream recall dry spell, I haven't even done ADA/SAT or any RCs for the past few days. Yeesh, I feel lazy now. I think it's gonna take a bit of a while to get used to awareness training again. I just feel like I'm back at square one. Hmm...

It's easy to lose momentum when it comes to ld routine. I often find I need to start all over again. Maybe pick up a tech you haven't done in a while to bring some fresh excitement?

I think that'll do something, yeah. I was considering WILD, but I wanna check out that RILD one and do that for the next few weeks or so. I'll still do the occasional reality check though, just to keep my mind on lucid dreaming.

Set an alarm last night (woke a few minutes before alarm) and didn't write in DJ - I remembered dreams in the morning anyway. I did RILD and tried to imagine myself jumping on my bed. I was concentrating on it too much and I felt my 'tiredness' turning into 'alertness', so I stopped and fell asleep with no motion in mind. Dang. Well, there's always tonight. I can mix this in with SSILD; if I'm too alert for RILD I can do a few SSILD cycles. Win win, I guess.

Tried again last night. Meh, shouldn't have tried. I stayed up 'till midnight and that ruined my dream recall.

No dream recall again! Another dry spell straight after the last one... great. Trying to be optimistic, but it's pretty hard to.

Tonight I might try a WILD. If I'm not bothered to WILD, I can try out a few SSILD cycles. I'm determined to have my next lucid dream as I haven't had one in months. I might also try out SAT and RCs again, as I've been slacking a lot!

Originally posted by NyxCC:

Personally, I'd suggest a few things to boost recall as well as keep you in optimal shape for lding.

- Regular exercise - while this may not be as obvious, regular exercise has huge benefits for sleep, dreaming, lding, etc. It helps your brain function better, improves quality of sleep, and even helps you grow neurons and helps maintain neurotransmitters in optimum levels.
- Good nutrition during day and possible mini-pre bed snacks to supply needed nutrients for recall or lding
- avoiding bright lights/screens before bed time
- regular sleep schedule and good amount of sleep
- daily awareness - here there's a broad range of things you can do to boost your awarness from meditation, to mindfulness exercises, RCs, ADA, etc., be in the here and now
- autosuggestion - mantras before bed or make a record and listen to it, you can put anything in there like "my recall is getting better" or "I realize that I'm dreaming", etc.
- drinking some water before going to bed - this will cause a natural wake where it may be easier to recall a dream

Reference for dream recall!

Keep up the motivation Astralmango, I know you can do it!

Ouch, it's been too long of a holiday, it's always extra difficult for me to concentrate during those times.

By the way, what's this RILD tech you mentioned earlier?

Yeah, been pretty difficult. Oh, the RILD is here: http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-...nterested.html People are calling it RILD for Rhythm Induced Lucid Dream, so I'm just goin' with it.

Looks like a good technique! Thanks for the link!

I've been researching more into WILD 'cause I might try it out. Like you said, Nyx: I probably need something new. To be honest, I'm pretty excited about the transition process when I end up getting one. Also: I said a mantra last night to remember my dreams (and I also said 'Task of the Month' haha) and I remember 2 dreams and two fragments. Sweet!

Edit: Huh, just realised I'm really inconsistent when it comes to techniques. Gotta work on that. All righty, bed time.

Had insomnia last night and couldn't get to sleep until 2am, so I didn't attempt WBTB or WILD. I still remembered a few dreams, so I guess that's all right! Also, it's starting to get colder so I'm pretty happy with that.

I guess the welcome party was to blame!

Okay, I've been very unmotivated the past couple of months and now I'm getting my arse into gear, since my motivation is back. Don't wanna waste it. I'll be doing a few things: memory training, SAT, RCs, and saying the mantra, "I'm having a lucid dream tonight." And to keep my mind on track of things, I'll be putting Day 1, Day 2, etc. Of course I'll still keep my mind on lucid dreaming since I'm on DV all the time!

Day 1: Pretty good day. I did an RC once an hour along with SAT. I've also been doing some memory things, like remembering what I was doing before in detail. I've been saying that mantra to myself every time I did an RC (and when I remembered it during the day anyway). Now it's stuck in my head. Sweet!

Going to bed at same time, but I'll be off here and Skype earlier since bright lights before bed kills my recall.

Recalled a few dreams (even one long one) and I'm happy with that. Had a little insomnia though. I wanted to go to bed early but family forced me to watch a movie. (Was a good movie though - Cocoon.)

Day 2: I did do more of the mantras, awareness and all that jazz (though I didn't say the mantra as much as I would have liked). Did a lot of RCs. Today I was pretty occupied so finding the time - or remembering to do them - has been hard. I spent most of the day talking with friends, browsing DV and goin' on Skype. Tomorrow I have the day off so I should be able to find the time to do more of this, haha.

Recalled a lot of fragments and a couple of dreams. Dream recall seems to be getting slightly better. I'm still in bed though (and it's almost noon!) so I should really get up and start doing awareness.

Day 3: Even though I got out of bed late, today's been good. Did more memory exercises and awareness. I changed my mantra to, "I'm having a long lucid dream tonight." Did a lot of RCs which is good. I've started to get into the habit of doing them upon waking so I may catch possible FAs.

Hmm, I wonder when Competition #18 will start?

Ah, because I slept in yesterday I couldn't get to sleep until around one in the morning. Meh. I still remembered two dreams, so that's good! I really wanted to do a few SSILD cycles but I felt really tired. Tonight, then?

Day 4: I did so much awareness and memory stuff today. Really happy with that! All right, bed.

Recalled a dream and a few fragments. No lucid yet. I went to bed early, then I decided to go on my iPod. Yeesh, bright lights. I have no idea why I did that and didn't read a book instead.

Day 5: As usual, a bit more done today. I really wanted to watch Cocoon 2 with the family, but at ten at night? Nope. And most of the stress with choosing a course for tertiary studies is gone; I chose a course and am now happy with the decision!

Oh, crap. I should probably go to sleep instead if being on an iPod. Heh.

Your post made me laugh. Ah, the temptation of bright lights.

Heh, I'm like a moth or something!

Lol! Yes, there might be quite a few of us here .