CosmicVision's Workbook (Intro Course)
Hello everyone! I am a 19-year old male. I've known about lucid dreaming for a long time, but I've never been consistent for very long and I've never had one. In my first year of college, my dream recall was very low, so I'm pretty much starting from scratch. I hope keeping a workbook will give me some accountability. Here is my plan:
Reality Checks:
- Pushing finger through palm. I plan on doing this whenever I walk through a door, or see something out of the ordinary.
Dream Signs:
- Escalators, particularly when there's a lot of them clustered in one room.
- Elevators
- Public Restrooms. In regular dreams, they are painted white and very minimalist. In nightmares, they are filthy (rust, toilets overflowing, etc.)
Short-Term Goals:
- Dream recall to one solid dream per night.
- Have a lucid dream.
Long-Term Goals:
- Master the four elements (huge Avatar fanboy right here)
- Improve my real-life confidence and social skills.
- Perform the tasks of the month regularly.
Lucid/Dream Recall History:
- I have gotten suspicions that I was dreaming in the past, but I was always too slow to react and wake up instantly.
Current Technique:
- WBTB six hours after I go to bed, go to the bathroom, and go back to bed. I will think about lucid dreaming the whole time I'm awake.
- If I wake up in the middle of the night without an alarm, I'll attempt FILD.
- Going to hold off on the WILDs for a while and start off with something simpler.
Generally, I go to bed around 11:30 and wake up around 7:30. Before I go to bed, I will set my alarm for six hours from the current time. I will have my dream journal and a pen near my bed at all times.
I will be also be updating my DJ on Dreamviews, and will post here every morning.
Hope to make some friends here!
