All has been going well over the last week. Have had several more lucid dreams, and my technique of meditation combined with affirmation seems to be going well! I certainly notice the difference in the dream when I fall asleep with a more alert awareness. However I need to give attention to balancing my energy more as a few times I have been trying 'too hard', which can lead to insomnia. I also need to learn to expect and not react to hypnagogic imagery. I'm becoming more aware of it and noticing longer more vivid fragments, which sometimes startles me and wakes me up.

In a few weeks I will need to be waking up before 7am every day and I will need to compromise something so I can get enough sleep. Most likely I will just do one wake up in the night and possibly sacrifice remembering some dreams in full detail. So far I have naturally been waking up a few times in the night to write down dreams and practice falling asleep mindfully.

I'm yet to become comfortable in stabalizing lucid dreams. Regularly my vision starts blacking out, and so most of my lucid dreams are spent trying to stop that happening! I had one where I asked out loud for help, and a women led me to a wise man who told me 'to not do the things that cause it'. At the time I thought it was lame advice, but thinking about it I guess he's right haha. My theory is that I'm actually trying too hard to stabalize the dream, which results in a bit of a frantic state with little calm and focus. I'm thinking it's probably that lack of calm and 'omg I must stabalize now' attitude which is contributing massively to the issue! Does that make sense to you?