Hi all!

I've been practicing lucid dreaming for 6 or 7 years off and on, and I've had some success (around 10-20 full-blown LDs and heaps of short (<5 sec) lucid or semi-lucid fragments). For the last 6 months though, I've been going through a bit of a dry spell.

Last week, a co-worker started a conversation about LDing (poor them) and I went on and on explaining everything I knew. After that, I started reading up again, practicing a slightly more lax version of ADA, keeping a physical DJ instead of a memo on my phone, and working out some dream goals and a lucidity plan for what to do once I get lucid. After practicing short night meditation before bed, doing WBTB+SSILD, and programming my intentions before bed, I was able to RC and successfully go lucid once yesterday morning and once this morning! I also had some cool lucid fragments and have been remembering a lot more dreams per night than normal (around 5-7 for the past couple of days).

I did have some trouble with waking up too early with WBTB (I didn't set an alarm, just thought to myself "I will wake up in 5 hours" and believed it). I ended up waking up too early both times and couldn't go back to sleep for an hour or two which was torture. Any advice for that?

All in all, I know this isn't a huge accomplishment but it just feels great to be back in the habit. I'm hoping to blow through my list of current lucid goals and attain some consistency so that I can start gaining complete control of my dreams!