Hello, I'm Dreamer!
I'm an experienced lucid dreamer, but I have spent the last year intentionally killing my recall and lucidity as part of an experiment, where I needed to have a 'blank slate' to avoid skewing the results. I did a good job of it, because I rarely remember my dreams at all these days, let alone become lucid.
I'm looking forward to getting back into a good daily routine, and I thought starting a workbook would be a great way to keep me motivated.

Reality Checks:
- nose plug
- looking at hands / counting fingers
- memory check

Dream Signs:
- toilet disasters, including flush malfunctions, missing doors, being walked in on, peeing on the seat, being unable to find a toilet, etc.
- negative emotions, conflict, frustration
- smaller signs come and go, eg. kids/babies, animals, medical themes, etc.

Short-Term Goals:
- Make RCs part of my daily routine, especially upon waking and during toilet visits
- Buy a paper DJ and try Zoth's Mental Map Recall technique
- Complete a Task of the Month for May
- Dig up my old DJ and read TotM entries (maybe post them in current DJ)

Long-Term Goals:
- Practise stabilisation techniques and dream control
- Do a 15 minute session of meditation/incubation every day
- Learn WILD method

Lucid/Dream Recall History:
I was a natural lucid dreamer as a kid and had some great adventures.
I had a break from lucidity for quite a few years, but my dream recall remained vivid.
In 2007, I learnt how to induce lucid dreams. I used DILD/MILD methods over the next few years, and was becoming lucid most nights at my peak, sometimes multiple times per night using DEILD. Most of my dreams were at least semi-lucid at that time.
For the last year or so, I have been experimenting with external aids as preliminary research for a documentary I am making on LD induction. I wanted to remove my natural LDs from the equation so I could get a better idea of the effect the external aids were having, so I stopped doing all things dream-related for a while: no recall attempts, no DJ, no RCs, no talking or thinking about dreams (hence my hiatus from DV,) and no other forms of induction. It took a while, but I eventually stopped having natural LDs, and my recall became very poor - some days I remember nothing, some days I remember only fragments. I generally only have LDs / vivid recall when I use supplements/aids at the moment, which was the purpose of the experiment, but it's not what I'd like to rely on in the long-term.
I am keen to get back into a good daily routine, and shift my focus back to natural dream induction and recall techniques. I look forward to sharing my progress in this workbook.

Current Technique:
Will begin practising DILD/MILD/WBTB.
In the future, I'd like to learn how to WILD. I have very little experience with this technique outside of DEILD, and have always been interested in trying it.

Thanks so much to the wonderful DVA staff for your dedication to helping others achieve their lucid goals!