Oh yeah, I've read a lot of stuff on here already (or so I think). I was curious about how you guys do the DEILD chain because, according to some of the information I've read, the REM cycles get longer as you progress in sleep. I hadn't considered the possibility of one earlier lucid dream being greater in quality than a later one. But I think your tendencies are logical.

Basically, two days ago I decided to look into lucid dreaming. That first night I had only read a few things I found on Google, mostly in respect to keeping a dream journal. That night I had a very detailed dream. Took about 35 minutes to type up. I'm not sure it qualifies as vivid, but I remembered many things with great clarity, although it was not lucid. I discovered this site yesterday, and read about some of the strategies. I tried to stay focused when I went to sleep, but failed, apparently. I woke several times during the night, grasping threads of previous dreams, and remembered the DEILD thing, trying to reenter them. Nonetheless, my efforts were fruitless, and when I got up for good, I had nothing to write down. I only vaguely remembered the blocky landscape of a Minecraft world, if you guys know what I'm talking about.

If I may ask one more question: I have a pretty ridiculous list of things I'd like to accomplish in my dreams. Tons of specific stuff. And I notice the lists of other users around here as well, many fairly incomplete. I'm not particularly worried about losing motivation at this point; the stuff fascinates me. But some things, particularly the difficulty many people have with simply maintaining a lucid dream, concern me. Is it possible to be too ambitious? I'm worried I'm about to put a lot of time into these things only to be disappointed.

I very much appreciate your advice guys. This place, I've found, has an excellent community!