Stress and recall

Hi!

I'm new to this forum so let me introduce myself. I have been working with dreams for some time, had few LDs, my main interest is to use them to influence my reality, to change it while dreaming lucid. I live in Cracow, Poland
Since few months I have changed my job, new job includes a lot of stress. My problem is that I see that my recall is gettin worse. When I wake up, I know that I had a lot of dreams, sometimes I remember them and there's no problem with recall but other times I know I had them but it's problematic to recall them.
Do u know any interesting relaxation techniqes, meditation?
Other problem is that I wake up with my alarm clock, not before it so it may be the cause of some loss of recall. I sleep for about 7-9h per day (I always had problems with falling asleep so the time may be shorter in some cases). I've noticed that i have best recall when I don't have to wake up on certain hour. Does anyone know any method to overcome the alarm clock problem? Or to improve sleep to wake up well-rested before the alarm clock?

Regards
Lou

to stop the stres try this

when you get home,and you are stresed,find a nice spot,sit or lay there,and start to day dream that you are in a nice blace,like some mounten and you find a nice hous,or see a river nier,go there look around,that will take your mind of everything,then when you feel relaxed,eat something nice or sweet,and your OK

oh and welcome to DV

Thx for the advise, I'll try it today when I go back from work (with some modifications). Interesting idea with the sweet stuff ;-) U have reminded me that visualization is a powerful tool, thx