Dream Recall

[Alchameth]

Now I have been trolling the site for a week or so, and just registered yesterday. But I have been reading up on everything here and I must admit I am having good results with Dream Recall. Now I have been remembering one dread when I wake up, sometimes I have a hazy impression of another, but that one I can remember is very vivid and the memory of the dream stays with me. I am starting a journal this weekend (I want to get a nice book for it) and am sure that that will help me recall more. All I have been doing is clearing my mind (the best I can sometimes; life happens sometimes and it can be difficult) and my last thoughts every night have been "I AM going to remember my dreams" I just repeat that in my head and when I wake up I have been. One thing I am trying to get into the habbit of is reality checks through out the day. I have a lot of work to do, but am starting to just do things subconsiously. Like poking my hand randomly or plugging my nose to see if I can still breath, staring at a clock for a minute, basic stuff. Anyone care to share some of the things they do for RC through out the day? I would like to get into the habbit of doing different things while I am establishing my habbit of doing it. My thinking behind that is that I have more checks imbedded into me that I will do more often so hopefully I can start going lucid more without something really obvious jumping out at me that screams YOU ARE DREAMING! 'cause right now that's the way it happens for me.

[hankwheels]

My reality check is simply asking myself if I'm dreaming. lol. As soon as I ask myself I automatically know that it's a dream. The only hard part is actually remembering to ask myself if I'm dreaming, lmao. I play a CD every night that keeps looping "Do a reality check" every three minutes. It works well for me.