Thread: What technique? + introduction

Hey all,

I'll start with an introduction of myself
My name is (make a guess) TheEagle, so far kinda zero experience with lucid dreaming. (no LDs/false awakenings so far i can remember) Though as kid i used to have a sort of list in my head with things i could dream about. I would just pick one and dream about that one Like some other people i still feel weird about lucid dreaming, though i really really really have no idea why. Since i also know people personally who were pro in LDs and of course there is this society! (would be weird if it would be build on nothing).

The last few months/years (no idea) i did not recall anything of my dream (just small parts sometimes) i almoost believed i wasn't dreaming at all i know everyone dreams now though. So i just started with lucid dreaming something like 3 days ago, and began to recall my dreams.

I really feel like i am making progress, i remember more and more of my dreams. and thanks to a technique i found yesterday i recall even more! With this technique you recall your whole day, so put your brains in the 'recall mode' . Last night, i woke up like 3/4 times (i think after every dream) and i wrote them all down.
Waking up 3/4 times in the middle of the night can be pretty annoying... But of course i am willing to do that for a LD!

Things i already noticed:
It is almoost always day (when outside) in my dreams, i read this means your dream is stable? And for some reason i recall more with my lights off then with my lights on (though i also wake up more often with my lights off). Also noticed that i often have conversations in english in my dreams (i'm not english)


Anyway, my question:
I read the introduction on lucid dreaming on lucidipedia.com, and i was wondering...
At one page they say you should find your dream signs (by recalling and writing your dreams down for 2/3 weeks or so) and on another page they say you should use the WBTB technique right away...

What technique would be best? Find your dream signs or go WBTB?
Or perhaps a mix, find dream signs on normal days and go WBTB in the weekends (since i don't have time to go for a nap). or perhaps a whole different technique?

If you want to use all those abb's like WILD/EILD/L-EILD etc. go ahead, though i doubt i will see the difference. Because i do see the difference between WILD and EILD but not between EILD, L-EILD or MILD (read tutorial on lucidipedia.com though)

Thanks,
TheEagle