Hi there,

I started with this a few years ago but never managed to achieve constant and stable LDs. Always short, pretty random. I was very active at writting dream journals, but the last couple months I ended up writting only keywords on it, instead of detailing the dream. Also, I started swimming and my sleeptime was almost like being dead, meaning I didn't have any memories, as I was really tired. I completed a couple Month Tasks some months ago, but in any case I still consider myself "begginer", even if I tried several techniques (some with success).

Also, even if on a time I tried to keep an sleeping schedule, it wasn't easy. Now I read that if you sleep around 10 hours it makes easier for lucid, so as I wake up at around 6.30am, I will try to go to bed around 9.30pm.

Reality Checks:
- Nose pinch. In some cases it didn't work.

Dream Signs:
- A turtle I had when I was a kid, that didn't take care of it as I should have, and died. I always find it forgotten on some drawer, starving or about to die, and try to save it, but the result isn't good in most cases.
- The home where I lived with my parents about 18 years ago. I'm either inside doing something, waking up, or just enter it, check the mail inbox...

Anyway, they never trigger anything... only a couple times I said myself "hey, this has to be a dream".

Short-Term Goals:
- Force myself to keep working on LDing, as currently I do nothing.
- Have at least 1 LD per week, stable, and that last something more than 1 minute.
- Dream: Visit an empty, calm, hot, paradise beach, with a bar where I can order some oysters and champagne
- Be able to trigger lucid using some technique.


Long-Term Goals:
- Have at least 1 LD per night, which is long, vivid, and stable.


Lucid/Dream Recall History:
- Random LDs in the last few years. Could be 2 in same week, or just one in several months. But most just happen without practicing any techs, and they are short and non-stable.
- I can remember 2-3 dreams per night, but lately I'm not very strict with my journal, which I'm trying to do again with detail.

Regards :-)