hey ive been reading alot on the site and i wanted to sign up and ask a question.

for the past few weeks ive been recalling my dreams about 1 or 2 dreams a night with maybe having 1 lucid dream that seemed to last about 10 seconds, but i dont wake myself up in the middle of the night, i just remember my dreams when i wake up in the morning.

my question is this, do i have to keep waking myself up after every dream in the middle of the night after every dream? if this is the case, i find that this will disrupt my sleep too much and that i would be too tired to write down dreams anyway? What does it actually achieve when u wake up after every dream and write it down?

another thing that might seem strange, i have about 20 different dreams written down now and theres almost nothing that seems out of the ordinary so its difficult to find dream signs.

i would appreciate any help, thanks