Hey JL!! Welcome to the forum.

I personally don't keep a dream journal (except for on this forum), but yes the main point of the dream journal is to gain better dream recall and to eventually be able to find potential dream signs. If you can't get ALL the details out, it's no big deal. You can just try writing descriptive words of things or situations. It shouldn't take you long before you will begin to see some connections and be able to recognize what your dream signs should be.

Feel free to PM me or ask any other Dream Guide (we're the ones in Green! ) if you have any more questions. Good luck.

-nina