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      04&05&06/07/2014

      Haha, thanks! That's quite a high number to aim for though lol I have been aiming for 4 a night these last couple of nights. Trying to pass my own stats is a way for me to motivate myself :p Next goal is 1 LD before 12 July. If I make that, then I will have had 5 LD's this month (from 12/07 to 12/07). Which means I can start using Sensei's Goal Journal. I really like it, but you basically write down your stats 5 times a week.

      Only 1 left! Since I had my fourth just this night!

      I did notice that I, again, just don't take enough time to stabilize the dream. I am reconsidering my RESI idea. Maybe I can convince myself that, even though I use that method, I don't really need it for long. Or I can make a deal with myself to only use it for the first goals I have. When I reach those I have to stop using it. I'm not sure yet. I'll see what happens in the next LD and then base my decision on that. Depending on, if I am improving or not. I will really try to set my intention to relax and explore the LD this time. We'll see what happens then.

      On a positive note: I did get out of my bedroom this time. And I used a spinning teleport. Plus I had some very positive DC encounters. I was still a bit afraid that my first DC I really met would immediately come after me xD But instead they started to cheer me on and pet me on the back, lol. So I am a lot less tense of meeting a DC now. And I know that I am not stuck in my room. Really I am quite happy about the dream, even though I failed at everything I tried doing xD

      Since I had a crowded weekend I had to put 3 days in one DJ.

      That is all! Thanks for all the support so far NyxCC! Soon enough I will have an epic LD and I will have you (and some others here) to thank for it! Really appreciate it!

      DJ MrPriority in da house!
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      07&08/07/2014

      And that's number five! Goal reached! I have had 5 LD's in 27 days of training. I can probably get 7 or 8 a month at this moment. For now that is enough for me. I will start the Sensei goal Journal, perhaps change it a little bit here and there. And I will try and always get at least 1 every 6 days. And probably aim for 7 a month for now. I feel I can now stop training purely on quantity and start training of quality.

      All of my LD's so far have been really short, so it's time to change that! The first thing that comes to mind is plans. I often run out of stuff to do in a LD. And that is making me wake up. Basically the dream ends as soon as I don't have a goal anymore. So I will try and really incubate several things I want to do in 1 LD. Even if I cannot do them all, at least I will not lose the dream as fast.

      Second I want to start some sort of stabilizing technique. Getting really aware of all my senses to "activate" them. I think I will try out my RESI. I will not call it a technique. It will just be a word, for me to remember how to properly start off a LD. I will start by thinking RESI instead of just doing a RC. And every now and then I will imagine being in a dream and actually doing the entire RESI. I will also use it as a mantra. I really want this word to be implanted in my brain. It should be the very first thing I think about when I hear or say LD.

      Let's hope I can really get some longer and more vivid LD's. That will also allow me to practice some control and get better at that too.

      First goal:

      I will RESI when I become Lucid. I will relax. Do a couple RC's and relax again. I will put a smile on my face and I will rub my hands. Then I will focus on my senses one by one. From top to bottom. For every one I will try to find one thing I didn't notice before. A new visual detail. A new sound. The gravity of pushing on my feet feel. Etc. I will then take a moment and think about what I want to do. And then I will remember that I want to summon Ironice. I will meet him somewhere close to where I am at that moment. Then I will slap him in the face! Not too hard. We will have a laugh about it and then we will go and find an elevator together. We will press a random number and explore whatever we find, when the doors open.

      That's the idea. It has a personal bet with Ironice in it. Who can slap the other one first. And then some TOTM's that seem very interesting to try. With this plan I will also not immediately try to change the whole world or teleport away. Instead I will use the dream I already have and operate from within that dream. This will hopefully get me a little bit more into the dream and make it less likely for me to wake up too soon. Lastly, it doesn't involve anything that will get me over excited. So I think I can more easily keep my calm with this one.

      Well that is all for now. I will post my complete RESI workout soon.

      To the Dream Beam!
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      Yeahhh! Way to go Mr. Priority!!!

      This is a fantastic induction rate you got going there! Keep it up!

      You should definitely have a go at our tasks of the month. Don't be shy to shoot for complex tasks either, you can only benefit, get lots of experience and of course wings.

      http://www.dreamviews.com/tasks-mont...ly-2014-a.html
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      Thanks! Yeah I have been wanting to do that! I still need to improve on my LD quality. Having a goal to aim for will definitely help.

      I have been sick the last 2 days though. And my dreams have suffered, because of that. Rarely had any decent dreams these last 2 days. Also I am now 4 dreams behind on schedule, if I want to go for an average of 4 this month. I'll really try and DJ better next week and see if I can recover. It's gonna be hard though, since I rarely have more than 5 dreams a night. (that I recall)
      I'll only fall a little behind on the LD's.

      It will be good motivation to pick it back up though.

      I also worked out my RESI idea on paper(in dutch). So I can apply that as well. If it works for me, then I'll make a post on DV for it as well.

      I hope I can work out my DJ and Goal Journal today as well, but we'll have to see about that. For now, getting better is the most important thing.

      Well that's all for today!

      Some Highlights from the last 3 days
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      12/07/2014

      Last night I had some small dreams. Not enough for 1 whole Dream Journal, but I just had to write something about it, since it was quite the experience.

      It started off with a dream about Lucid Dreaming. Which I always find a good sign. It means I am filling my head with the subject. Also if I can remember how I feel when I think about LD in a dream, that might help me out too. So I was in a good mood when I wrote my first dream down. Then I went to sleep again (took me a while).

      Now here it get's interesting. I had a dream, where I didn't really care about what happened. I was quite indifferent for a while, until at some point a bit later, I thought that it was a dream anyway. Then I did a double take. And only after that I actually realized I was dreaming. And then I woke up. So I dreamed that I thought it was just a dream anyway. And then like a second later, I actually realized I was dreaming. Pretty weird. Too bad I woke up so fast, too.

      So I wrote all that down (using my new and improved Journal). Then I went back to bed and again took a while before I could sleep. Now it get's even weirder. I had a dream without any visuals. I can't remember seeing anything. There was just the feeling of the peddle of my piano, and a sound. Like church bells every time I pressed it. I could feel the iron really well and hear the tunes it played as well, but I am pretty sure I saw nothing. Not even darkness. There just was no vision somehow. Then I noticed that my piano should not make any noise when I just press on the peddle. Let alone, ring some bells! So I figured out I was dreaming again. And I woke up again.

      I think this all happened within the first minutes of falling asleep. It was almost like the dream wasn't completely there yet. I felt like I realized I was dreaming before the dream actually was completely formed.

      So I wrote down all that. And I went back to bed. Again took a long while to fall asleep. And believe it or not, it now get even more interesting!

      This time I wonder if I even ever lost awareness at all. I went to sleep like I normally do, only while laying awake for a while, rolling around a bit, having itches all over my body. But when I finally fell asleep, I somehow noticed I was sleeping and opened my eyes again. I basically instantly woke up, after falling asleep. Then I threw up a bit in my mouth (I have been sick earlier this week).I was scared that I had to puke so I wanted to grab a bucket, but I couldn't move. I tried REALLY hard to move, but nothing. Then my mom came randomly into my room. I tried to signal her somehow, but I couldn't. After a bit I realized, this was probably SP. So I tried to breathe irregularly since I had heard this wakes you up. But after about a minute of randomly changing breathing patterns I gave up. I kinda realized I probably didn't really need to throw up and the sensation faded. I realized my mother was not really there and she kinda lied down peacefully at the end of my bed. I somehow felt like I had everything under control. So I figured I'd just go back to sleep, into a real dream and then wake up properly. I closed my eyes and I felt something poking at my feet. But I could just think that away too. Then I woke up.

      So.. I'm not sure what to make of all this yet. It's positive that I could recognize myself dreaming multiple times in one night. That's a first. But it's also not good that I lost the dreams so fast.

      Though most importantly of all, I think I have now fully overcome my fear of SP. It wasn't scary at all for me
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      14/07/2014

      I finally properly started my DJ on my computer. I still use the same template for it, but now I type out all dreams on my computer and then copy some of the more interesting ones over to here.

      The LD's keep rolling in now, I think that, because I gather so much info whenever I wake up, my mind it totally set on LDing. Last night, all but 1 of my dreams where either extremely close to becoming Lucid, or straight up Lucid. So that's a good thing. Now if only I could get them to be a little longer.

      All the extra effort I put in my DJ really paid off. But I have been slacking at some other fields. I have not been meditating since I was sick and I have not been doing my RESI at all. I will have to find some motivation and start that up. It's all about setting a habit. If I can keep it up long enough, it will get easier.

      I also had a dream where I did an RC and it didn't work. So I guess I have not been doing my best on those. I hope I can turn that around a bit with my RESI idea.

      All in all I am more than satisfied. With last night I am at 6 LD's this month. Only 1 more for my goal. I pretty much let that goal go though. I now just go for as much as possible. 7 seems way too few. I can do better than that!

      Well that is all for today!

      Them Highlights of them Dreamz
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      Very interesting experiences.

      Then I went back to bed and again took a while before I could sleep. Now it get's even weirder. I had a dream without any visuals. I can't remember seeing anything. There was just the feeling of the peddle of my piano, and a sound
      Some may say that this was probably NREM or so. I can't really be sure about it. It may as well be what you say in the next quote:

      I think this all happened within the first minutes of falling asleep. It was almost like the dream wasn't completely there yet. I felt like I realized I was dreaming before the dream actually was completely formed.
      Couldn't have said it better.

      ---

      So I wrote down all that. And I went back to bed. Again took a long while to fall asleep. And believe it or not, it now get even more interesting!
      Well, it looks like you have been quite successful keeping your awareness during the falling asleep and early sleep stages. Very good for lding in general. Those SP like experiences can be bothersome at times especially if you haven't experienced them before. Hope it wouldn't happen too often, I think you handled well there. Best case would be to wait it out and try to transition to an ld later on.

      The LD's keep rolling in now, I think that, because I gather so much info whenever I wake up, my mind it totally set on LDing. Last night, all but 1 of my dreams where either extremely close to becoming Lucid, or straight up Lucid. So that's a good thing. Now if only I could get them to be a little longer.
      This really is great! Just remember to continue following the dream world even if you realize you are lucid. Look around and walk around. Come up with a place you want to go and do something there. This will keep your dream mind busy so you won't lose the dream fast.

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      20/07/2014

      Quite some days have past. I have had some trouble with my LD'ing.

      First of all there's the heat. I had to relocate to a room downstairs, because it was getting too hot to really be in my bedroom. Let alone sleep. Today is the first day the weather is getting a bit more normal. Being in a different bed in the heat really killed my recall.

      Secondly I had some stress for a really important test. I totally aced it, luckily. Now I truly have vacation, so I can really start to focus on LD'ing for about a month. Let's hope that the temperature stays as it is now.

      My total in dreams and LD's is quite low. I had some good succes last week though, so if I try hard, I might make up for these lost days before the end of the month. I need to get 5 dreams a day with 2 more LD's to stay on schedule. So I'm gonna shoot for that!

      I might also pick up an extra technique. Keeping track of my breathing isn't working out for me. Instead I will try out, keeping track of gravity. All I really want is some technique that requires me to be aware of 1 thing all the time. This is a great way to realize when I am spacing out. So let's hope I like this one better.

      Lastly, I still have not started my RESI training. Since I was too busy to LD, I did not get a chance to. Also I want to take the meditation up a notch.

      Much to do! Much motivation to do it!

      Let's do this
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      First of all there's the heat. I had to relocate to a room downstairs, because it was getting too hot to really be in my bedroom. Let alone sleep. Today is the first day the weather is getting a bit more normal. Being in a different bed in the heat really killed my recall.
      Sorry to hear about this. I'm totally with you on the negative effects of heat. When it gets warm not only do I have trouble sleeping, but also my recall goes down significantly. I also find it much harder to ld when my brain is melting. I think very little could be done (apart from getting an air conditioner or moving to a colder room if possible), so the best thing may be to just wait it out and in the meantime in the very least keep up the day work.

      Good luck with the gravity check and wish you colder times.
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      25/07/2014

      The heat is still here. Though we do have some manageable days too. I have some good news and some bad. Let's start with the bad news.

      First of all there's the heat obviously. Second, I am way behind on my dream count now. And third, I missed my goal to have a lucid dream today.

      Then the good news:
      I have found a spot in the house where I can sleep for a couple of weeks, until the heat blows over. I have been getting more and more dreams the last couple of days there. Yesterday I wrote down 4 and I remember fractions of 2 others from that night too. I think I will be up to 6-7 ish again before the competition starts. Second, I have almost no plans for this vacation. So I can do loads of WBTB and WILD attempts. Third, even though I missed my goal of having a LD this week, I got REALLY close last night. Had it not been for the heat and stress I am sure I would've gotten one way before today. I also expect I will probably have one in the next few days, since my motivation is up and my dreams are becoming more vivid by the day. Lastly, since my last week of July has 1 extra day, I only need to get 5 dreams on average this last week to make my monthly goal. Luckily I already got my monthly goal for LD's this month, though I still want to get at least 1 this last week, hopefully 1 more to make up for last week.

      I had a dream this night in which I knew that I was dreaming. Yet I didn't really realize it. I was still in "dream mode". The plot of my dream simply resolved around me knowing that I was dreaming. If you know what I mean. So I don't think I was lucid. I did have some other dream where I was starting to get suspicious about the dream environment. But I woke up before I really got to any conclusions or RC's. Close, but no cigar

      I'll start writing down some dreams in my Journal again soon. Since this night was the first night in over a week that I had anything worth writing down. Motivation is still strong. Practice is decent, could be better. I'm a little careful not to burn myself out too much before the competition. I am trying to peak at the right time I guess

      That's all I have for this update
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      I had a dream this night in which I knew that I was dreaming. Yet I didn't really realize it. I was still in "dream mode". The plot of my dream simply resolved around me knowing that I was dreaming. If you know what I mean. So I don't think I was lucid. I did have some other dream where I was starting to get suspicious about the dream environment. But I woke up before I really got to any conclusions or RC's. Close, but no cigar
      Pretty close indeed! I have similar dreams from time to time. You know you are dreaming but still don't detach from the dream and continue the normal type of dreaming scenario. Still good though, shows lding is really on your mind and some part of you is aware that it's a dream. I'm sure you'll get a higher awareness type of ld soon.
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      29/07/2014

      A lot to discuss this time, so let's get crackin.

      I finally was able to go back to my own bed. Also with the bad night I had before this, I was hoping for some extra REM this night. My hopes were high. But I never thought it would be this great!

      I had an amazing LD. It was a about 20mins long I think. And it had some astonishing sights. I did more than I ever did before. In the end I never achieved the goal I set out to, but instead I achieved a bunch of other stuff and had a great dream. I feel like this is finally a LD as it should be.

      Time to analyse it. I believe it was so much longer because I had a goal to achieve. Before this I had some realistic LD's, but I never really had much to do. Or I got too excited. I have been managing the excitement for a couple dreams now. So it seems a goal was the final key to a longer LD. I tried teleporting again and kinda succeeded. I ended up where I wanted to, but there was no elevator. I never found one in the end.

      At some point I think I DEILDed. The whole dream seemed to zoom out and I felt like I was being pulled out of the dream. I kinda just waited for it to happen and then when I was almost completely out of the dream and there was just the mental image of where I was just now, I kinda suddenly fell back asleep and was back in the same room. Would you say that sounds like a DEILD?

      Most of the dream did not feel 100% real though. It was close, but just a little off. I think I need to take more time to stabilize next time. Do you know of any other methods to increase reality?

      Then there was this DC. He felt like he had no soul. He was mostly just staring in front of him. Only answering a question when I asked him. I kinda felt like I was in complete control of him. Like he was at my command. Since it is my dream, he could only do what I wanted him to do. I have had this before, where DC's just sorta lose all personal traits and kinda give in to me. They sorta let me do what I want to do and do nothing else. Really weird.

      Lastly I think I planned my motivational peak really well this time. My motivation was quite high for the last couple of days, but I refrained from doing too many things. Yesterday I finally used all that build up motivation to incubate a dream. In the end I never really did anything I wanted to, but I tried and I did some awesome other stuff. So all in all I am happy.

      I feel less like a rookie now and more like a real LDer!

      I am off to post my points now.

      Here is the dream.
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      30/07/2014

      2 More lucids! I am going like crazy now!

      Ever since I started to add a goal and incubate that goal, my LD's have been so much longer! I've also been getting them earlier in the night, instead of just after 9 hours of sleep. I almost feel bad for being in the beginner section of the competition now, since I have been getting more points than some intermediates. But at the same time, very very happy that it is going so well!

      I still see a lot of points I could improve in. I want to start using tags again, for non lucid dreams. I am just writing too much at night. I deliberately did not write down 2 dreams in my DJ because I was totally fed up with it. I had already written 3 and a half pages (a4) by then. That is almost a small novel. I need to find a way to make that shorter without losing details. I guess I will fiddle around with it for a bit.

      I also need to make sure I do my RESI better. I find myself thinking RESI in my LD, but then stop after the RE step. I need to focus more on that. Plus I need to start practicing thinking that I HAVE to do the RESI routine. Because I skipped it this night, because a DC attacked me. RESI should be my first priority. The DC can't hunt me anyway.

      I do feel like I have quite a bit of control though. I am never scared to get hurt. And I can usually influence DC's quite easily. I've had successes and failures in summoning so far, so I'm not sure if I should spend extra attention to that yet.

      In the end my goals are now:
      First I want to finish the competition as good as possible.
      Then I want to achieve all my personal goals.
      Then I want to get 2 wings (next month)
      When I have done all that, I will probably start to work on a sleeping pattern that allows me to keep growing when I go to school.
      And if I have a good routine while going to school, then finally I want to start working in real dream control. Though perhaps I should switch classes at that point, since I won't be an intro/beginner at that point. This is all in the distant future though.

      Well that's all I have to post for now.
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      Awesome progress MrPriority! I think you'll be moving to the next tier next competition!

      Keep up the good work, it's really great to read that all the practices are paying off.
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      Thanks

      And thank you, for helping me out!

      I didn't find the time yesterday or today to do my monthly stats post. I will probably post that tomorrow, since I am gone tonight as well.

      Other than that, not much to say. Since the LD's I haven't had much success. Admittedly I haven't tried as hard either. When I return I will pick up the pace again. I still need to get into a pillow fight and do some personal goals

      I am also thinking of making my DJ online for LD's only. We'll see.

      That's all I have to say for now. I will be back with a lot of statistics tomorrow
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      Finally the day has come. All these night, jolting down a bunch of stuff. Wondering if it's really worth keeping score on all these things. Now I can finally see exactly how I have done last month. Or at least from whenever I started the more elaborate DJ.

      Here are my results for July:

      All Dreams:
      Total: 107
      Goal total: 124
      Per day average: 3,451612903225806
      Per day average goal: 4
      Total LD's: 9
      Total LD goal: 6
      Fully recorded dreams: 61
      Average Vividness: 6,278688524590164
      Average Awareness:6,135593220338983
      Average Length: 24,0377358490566 min

      Lucid Dreams:
      Average Vividness: 7 2/3
      Average Length: 6.76

      Other trivia:
      Average time slept: 9.5 hours
      Average bedtime: ~02:35 AM

      All techniques used during the day and their quantity and Percentage of the total Journalled:
      RC: 17 89%
      Meditate: 4 21%
      Gravity Check: 7 37%
      RESI: 1 5%
      Total Days Journalled: 19 100%

      All techniques used during the night and their quantity:
      MILD: 17 89%
      WBTB: 16 84%
      Total day Journalled : 19 100%

      All Dream Signs and their quantity (more than 1):
      Close family: 25
      Friends: 10
      (Card)Games: 6
      Normal dreaming as subject: 6
      Ex Classmates/friends: 5
      Other Family: 4
      My Brother: 3
      My Dad: 3
      Carnaval: 3
      School: 3
      Dog: 3
      DV: 2
      Toilet: 2
      False Awakening: 2
      LD as subject of the dream: 2
      Water/Swimming: 2
      Fighting: 2
      Biking: 2
      Chuck: 2
      Killer maniac: 2

      All in dream Emotions and their quantity:
      Happiness/Fun/Laughter: 18
      Frustration: 9
      Fear: 7
      Concern (anxiety): 5
      Enthusiasm: 5
      Irritation: 4
      Suspicion: 4
      Anger: 4
      Awe: 4
      Panic: 3
      Indifference: 3
      Stress: 3
      Disappointment: 3
      Competitiveness: 2
      Love: 2
      Sadness: 1

      There we go.. Now I have it all in one place and easy to overlook.

      First conclusion:
      1. I need to get more dreams per night. Hopefully the weather will work a little with me there.
      2. My goal for next month will contain 10 LD's
      3. My bedtime should go down a bit
      4. I meditated more often than I wrote down
      5. I love having all my emotions and dream signs in one place. Now when I dream of something happy, I will know that it is an average dream, for instance

      That's all I have for now, I will use all this information later on, if I can. Sorry for the long post
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      Great stats Mr. Priority, fantastic organization.

      All techniques used during the day and their quantity and Percentage of the total Journalled:

      RC: 17 89%
      Meditate: 4 21%
      Gravity Check: 7 37%
      RESI: 1 5%
      Uhm, so does the RC 17 mean you did 17 days of RCs?

      Great consistency with most of the techniques, no wonder you are getting such impressive results!

      Wish you an even better August!
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      Yes 17 days. Whether they were sloppy or completely obsessive I did at least a half decent job 17 out of 19 days I Journalled. And thanks! I hope august will be great too It will be the last month before I start school. Since I haven't been to school in like 5 years, I think I will have to put a lot of extra effort into it at first. So that will be a priority. Though I will do anything I can to keep up all my practices as much as I can. I guess I will just be going to bed really early, so I can plan some WBTB's or something. We'll see.

      For now I am focusing on a great month One step at a time!
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      Ok some new info.

      I have been doing some more experimenting. Last night I tried going to bed really early again. And it did wonders. I was less tired when I woke between dreams, which makes the job of writing them down enjoyable rather than extremely annoying. And I had way more vivid dream. I also woke up more often and recalled more dreams. And finally I even got a LD! So I will definitely do this more often.

      Secondly I found myself doing my RESI in my LD. Which is good, since I had been practicing that a little more lately. Though I felt like a total idiot doing it. It didn't really help the dream that much. At first it almost woke me up. Then after that the dream was pretty much stable already. It was lifelike already. So I was just wasting my time there. And in the end I didn't do the most important part. The Intention part, where I think back on what my goals are. I kinda knew what I wanted to do, but I was too preoccupied with the dream.

      So perhaps, instead of doing what I do now, I need to change it up a bit. I want to start my stabilization method with thinking: Do I need to stabilize. Just taking a moment to stand still and ask myself if I am feeling real. Then I can skip the rest if I do. And then I need to emphasize the Intention part more. And perhaps I should add on that. I need to know, who I am, what I want to do, and why. If I answer myself those 3 questions, then perhaps I not only focus on my goals, but even realize I don't have to agree with anything the dream throws at me.

      That is about all my thought for now. If you are interested: Here are my dreams
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      Good luck with your new strategy. Just be careful not to spend too much time thinking in the dream, because that tends to take the attention away from the dream world.
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      It's been a while now. And unfortunately I did not get lucid at all. I have been struggling with some problems. Depression got the better of me for a bit, but I snapped out of it. Today I am taking it slow. I need to recoup. Pick myself together for a wedding tomorrow. I'll be back here for the weekend to come up with a plan to get lucid again. It has been way too long and I am way down on my schedule.

      Just so that this post isn't only negativity:Funny-Animals-animal-humor-29016371-1280-800.jpg

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      Ah, sorry to hear that. Kick depression in the butt and think about nice things before bed to incubate nice dreams! You've done great so far, so looking forward to an ld come back too!

      To delete attachments you can go to control panel and then at the bottom of the left menu you'll see attachments with everything you've uploaded to the site. You can del them from there, but I think if you delete everything they won't be available in your prior posts either.
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      Thanks!

      I've pretty much recovered. And with my REM rebound last night I got a tiny little lucid last night I woke up immediately, but it's a start. Finally no more of that unlucky #13. I also completely filled up my first DJ. I somehow feel pretty proud of that. The more I grow out of all these "firsts" (first DJ, first LD etc.) the more excited I get! Today I want to write a little about motivation. I have been thinking about that a lot lately. And I feel like it is one of the most important subjects. So let's get this ball rolling again!

      Motivation can come from several things. It's very important to me to recognize how I get motivated. If I can figure out exactly what get's me going, then I can apply that to whatever I want, whenever I want. As long as I have motivation, I feel like I can do anything. I'll be posting more things that seem to motivate me. So I can get back at this for later reference and compare different things to see what works best. To properly test this, I will put a new statistic in my DJ. I will note a number (1-10) of how motivated I was during the day. And if something else influenced my motivation (like a lack of time getting it down, or a great movie getting it up).

      That said, the first motivation I want to dissect is Theory Crafting. I love figuring out things. Experimenting, trying to find the perfect solution. I am so much better when I figure out problem myself, than when I get the answers handed to me. This is something I have been applying so far. I have been changing up all my techniques over and over, to find something that works. And I need to keep doing that. I need to keep thinking of new possibilities. Because whenever I do that, I am really excited to go to bed. Or to meditate, or to keep track of gravity etc. I almost feel like the motivation is more important than keeping up the actual technique.

      So for now, I will just get a new DJ and write down my motivation. That's a good start. And then as soon as that initial excitement wears off, I will start to take a good look at my meditation. Because there is a lot of ground to win there as well. Lastly I can focus on WILDs for a while. I have not been doing much in that field at all. So I guess I have more than enough for the upcoming time.

      Lastly I want to set a new short term goal. Something to set my sights on. My food for incubation, so to speak. This time it will be: The basic TOTM. I think I am ready to start aiming for some wings!

      That is all for now!
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      Congrats on the ld Mr. Priority!

      That said, the first motivation I want to dissect is Theory Crafting. I love figuring out things. Experimenting, trying to find the perfect solution. I am so much better when I figure out problem myself, than when I get the answers handed to me. This is something I have been applying so far. I have been changing up all my techniques over and over, to find something that works. And I need to keep doing that. I need to keep thinking of new possibilities. Because whenever I do that, I am really excited to go to bed. Or to meditate, or to keep track of gravity etc. I almost feel like the motivation is more important than keeping up the actual technique.
      Great analysis regarding motivation. I can certainly relate to what you've written above - I love trying out new things for induction as well as dream control. The whole process is really exciting, seeing what works and why, adjusting things, coming up with new ideas.

      I'm sure we'll be reading so many cool things from your side Mr. Priority!

      Best of luck with totm, you certainly are ready to get them wings!
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      A little update here.

      I am starting school again next week. I have been preparing for that for a while now. For now I need to focus on that. I have found my motivation to be particularly low to LD in this time. I don't really see myself making much progress until I have a more steady school life. I am also throwing my sleep schedule overboard to get into the 9 to 5 rhythm.

      I'll still keep my DJ and try to meditate every now and then. Since that is also good for school. Once everything is settled a bit and I have room in my head for other stuff again, I will be back with a vengeance! Honestly I don't expect this to take up more than a month. The study should not be that hard for me and leave me with quite some free time, after the initial investment. But since I did not finish high school I start with a disadvantage. So for now I'll be obsessing over ICT rather than LD for a while

      Either way, I won't be able to obsess as much over LD as I have been these last 2 months. So I don't expect the same results I have been having. I just hope I can get back to 6-8 LD's a month asap.

      Well that's all I have to say for now.
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