PhiloCat's Workbook

**PhiloCat** · 03-09-2015 11:16 AM

PhiloCat's Workbook

Hello,
Like i said on Introduction Zone, i'm really glad to be here, very enthusiastic community.

I want just apologize everyone for my english, i'm working on it! My french is still predominant.
I have tried to be LD since 3 days, and i'll start with DILD. I have never experiment any LD, but i can easily remember my dreams.
Here is my workbook now :

Reality Checks:
- Hand check (count, form, etc..)
- Thumb through palm
- Pinch nose

Dream Signs:
- I'm still studying dream signs, i'll update this later

Short-Term Goals:
Though LD seems really hard to reach because i have started recently, i'd say :
- Find dream signs
- Asking myself if it's dream or not
- Awareness + RC all day long
- Read and read about LD
- Improve my DJ (i have seen an amazing tuto here!) and record it here

Long-Term Goals:
- First Lucid dream
- Fly
- Work on stabilization
- Dream Yoga
- Wild
- WBTB

Lucid/Dream Recall History:
Like i said, i can remember easily my dreams, and they are really vivid, and powerful, unfortunately despite the fantasy, weird, amazing dreams i do, i can't asking myself if it's a dream or not, consequently, i have never experiment any LD.
My wife is natural LD and she's a strong motivation when she's speaking about her dreams (even though they are occassional)

Current Technique:
- DILD
- Awareness (ADA)
- RC
- Dream Journal (paper version)
- Starting meditate

Not a dense workbook because i have recently started. But i hope it will be filled soon !
Let's practice & happy lucids !

**NyxCC** · 03-09-2015 09:59 PM

Welcome PhiloCat!

Excited to help with whatever I can and read about your first ld soon!

**PhiloCat** · 03-10-2015 12:54 PM

Thank you NyxCC, i'll do my best to realize my first LD.

Last night was a bad night.

Bed time 10.30 PM then i woke up at 11.30 PM and 0.30 PM without dream recalls. every time, i felt back asleep easily, and i finally woke up at 3.30, (alarm clock to work at 4.30 but i didnt feel asleep) and didnt recall either. (my daughter called me, loudly at 0.30, not calm enough to remember dreams i guess

)

I keep working on Awareness daytime, and seems to be prolific, i feel more and more comfortable.
I assume LD excitement is probably troubling me.

experience and practice should regulate all this.

Tonight should be more prolific.

**PhiloCat** · 03-11-2015 09:18 AM

Better night, but a little bit disappointed, had started well!

Bed time 10.00 pm : then woke up at 4.00 am (!) with 1 dream recall. I was enthusiastic, but i just dozed from then on. Alarm clock at 7.00 am, then no more dream recall

I'm currently working on it, dream recall + quality sleep, based on Dream Recall Compendium tutorial by StaySharp. Seems a good start, (obviously i'm always practicing Awareness + RC during daytime)

**NyxCC** · 03-11-2015 11:52 PM

PhiloCat, I read in the intro zone that you work as a nurse, does your sleep schedule vary a lot?

**PhiloCat** · 03-12-2015 10:27 AM

Actually i have to wake up at 5.00 AM three days a week.
I have good night otherwise, like 22.00 PM - 7.00 AM.

The problem now is my loud clock alarm, at 5.00 AM it decreasing my dream recall to ... zero

**PhiloCat** · 03-12-2015 04:16 PM

Bed time 10.45 PM : then woke up at 0.40 am with 1 dream recall way more vivid, and seems longer. woke up at 2.00 (my daughter ^^) and finally 4.45 alarm clock, time to work. (I will put alarm on phone, more silent)

Adding mantra, "ill remember dreams" before sleeping

**NyxCC** · 03-12-2015 11:22 PM

Good, so you are still able to get some nice sleep. You can consider adding a very small snack before bedtime - see if it makes a diffence for recall. Sometimes the brain needs a little energy boost.

**PhiloCat** · 03-13-2015 09:21 AM

Thank you again NyxCC, actually i'm going to introduct apple juice, i have read beneficial effects from B6vitamins, then i'll see if it makes differences or not.
If no differences, i'll test the snack.

Bed time 10:00 pm : : then woke up at 0:20 am with one small dream, not vivid, and extremely quick. Woke up at 2:40, and worse, i remembered my dream, and wanna notice it, but upon taking pen, pfiuuuu, no recall. I have remembered only one thing, i was in a plane, that's all. Finally woke up at 5:00 am, dozing, and my childrens woke up too at 6:30.

But i suppose that stay on the laptop before sleeping isn't a good idea. Next time i'll give advantage to reading, breathing...

**PhiloCat** · 03-14-2015 08:14 PM

Short night, 10:30 - 4:45. Combined with stressfull conversation with my wife before bed didnt favor dreaming recall.

Bed time 10:00 pm : then woke up at 0:30 am then 2:40 am, without recall, but at 4:00, one dream, not vivid, and not so long, but i have remembered quite well.

Tonight, longer night, should be more prolific.