How exactly does a dream journal work. Well, people say that it will help me in remembering my dreams better. OK I understand that. But then they say that it helps you to find common things in your dreams and when you spot these common things when you're dreaming...you will realize that your dreaming.

Now I've only had a dream journal for five days but there are no common dreams...only strange thing I've had was a reoccurring dream of a dream that I had many years ago.

So should I just wait until I have more entries in my dream journal before I look for common themes?