Waiting for my wife to return from wine club (sigh)...ah the responsibilities of having children eh?!

Not much action to report lucidity wise. Reading some ebook I found on this site about 'The Phase' - sounds errily like some sci-fi film about the next deadly virus - but really is just a broad term for lucidity and its elk - OBE's and near death experiences. It seems pretty thorough with some good advice and a lot of detail. I am starting to worry I am entering into a pretty common error of being one someone who knows a lot about his subject without actually being able to do it well - a sort of lucid armchair traveller.

I am going to try and think of a way to increase my motivation when I wake to do my wbtb's, as this should increase my awareness. I have gotten to the point I am just goin though the motions too much and just wake and then crash back into a deep unaware sleep. Its trying to work out a way I can do this based around the limitiations that I can't get up out of bed due to my wife being a light sleeper, that I don't want to sleep somewhere else and that I don't get lie ins (thanks kids! ). In fact a friends child who was staying with us when they came to visit, came into the lounge where my wife and I were temporarily staying and physically stripped the bed sheets off us in the morning while I was trying to lie in! 'If you're not sick you can't sleep in' was her 3 yr logic!

Previously my awareness was boosted by the novelity of my tech with the vibe nites and the risk I was going to wake my wife increasing anxiety and awareness, but with this becoming routine I find myself just slipping into deeper sleep quickly....any thoughts Nyxcc? I tried a couple of wacky ones (9VOLT battery to tongue, smelling salts). I am almost certain awareness (as in lighter sleep) is the key......