Thread: Ultimate Summer Challenge!

Originally Posted by StaySharp

The Punishments:
1.] Sleep on the floor for a week
2.] Go sparring with my girlfriend 5 times (she is strong to the point of being dangerous, so...)
3.] Create and upload an anime styled picture within just 2 weeks (I'm not confident and I'm lacking proper practice, so that's definitely going to be punishment)
4.]
5.] Go to school a week without using the tram (The first day of the week walking home is fine as measurement)
6.] Create lyrics for a track about the IOSDP shared dreaming project, sing it in front of my girlfriend and post the lyrics on DV, deadline would be a month after starting on the lyrics
7.] Meditate bound or in an otherwise uncomfortable position for 2 hours
8.]
9.] Run back home from work once (My working place is a lot further from home)
10.] Stay afloat in water for at least 90 consecutive minutes
11.]

Well, I've seen some crazy punishments in this thread, and I thought I myself was being too hard on myself, but you take things to a whole new level. If you happen to fail one of your challenges, do come back alive, will you? :p

Anyway, today I had about 8.8 hours of sleep, and I remembered a dream or two when I woke up; I forgot them by now. *sigh*
I think this is a good time to start keeping a dream journal again.
Oh, and there's something I'd like to share with you (or those of you who have an Android phone, anyway): there's this app I use when I sleep, it's called "Lucid Dreaming App". It's not user-friendly at all, and it takes a while to learn how to use it, but it's pretty useful. I'd recommend giving it a try; here's a link.
I'd expect there are among you people who are as lazy as I am, so I also attached a QR code. You're welcome.

Lucid Dreaming App.jpg

got 10(!) hours of sleep last night... Feeling pretty proud of myself. 1 lucid (DILD) and 4 dreams.

Lucid count: 1/55
Challenges completed: Use and elemental power on the first try!

Checking-in:

A bit of a challenging start, as I had an important event Saturday, so got only 3 hours of sleep. Today regenerated by sleeping 10 hrs. Was in deep sleep, woke up naturally 3 times, but not serious enough for WBTB. Now fully motivated and ready for the next week!

Well last night I did wbtb and it was about after 4.5 hours of sleep, and I had the perfect opportunity for a Wild, like the perfect one, but all these scary thoughts were going through my head and I though I would start seeing or hearing them if I were to get into SP, knowing maybe I wouldnt and go straight to an LD, man I'm an idiot will try again tonight

Yo azoller1. SP is not a part of WILD experience or even lucid dreaming experience in general, you wont experience it unless you have sleep disorder, i strongly suggest checking out this thread: http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...mystified.html

Azoller1 on the other hand you might get to see something interesting or end up directly observing a dreamlet, and have a smooth transition. For example, I once ended up watching a boat gliding on the ocean waves. It was really nice.

BB, I want to add two more things that I think should help my routine:

- A total of 20 morning wake RCs
- Watch and report HI/dreamlets when falling asleep - report 10 HIs/dreamlets

Punishments:

- Going to bed early for a week
- No chocolate cookies for a week

So, today I slept a little more than nine hours, and remembered a single dream. I wrote it down, and I hope I don't slack off and forget about my dream journal again. It's been quite some time since I've written in my journal, and I don't think I would've done it if it weren't for this challenge. So um, thanks Brandon!

Yeah I know SP isn't required, I just had the thought of HI or HH, not sure why though because I knew those things won't always happen

Originally Posted by Stalthdan

Well, I've seen some crazy punishments in this thread, and I thought I myself was being too hard on myself, but you take things to a whole new level. If you happen to fail one of your challenges, do come back alive, will you? :p

Hm... to me those punishments don't seem all that hard, except the creative ones maybe. But I set most of my challenges in easy range anyway so I'm sure to come back alive

By the way, had 2 more dreams today, so I now have 5. Still thinking about the missing punishments.

Had a crazy awesome WILD last night, and got 9 hours of sleep. I infiltrated the Pentagon and stopped a nuclear attack

Naturally, I forgot all about my challenges.

Lucid Count: 2/55
Challenges Completed: None...

Man snowy cat your getting some good sleep there!

Snowy, I like your new avatar!
So, today I had nine hours of sleep, and remembered one dream, nearly exactly like last night. Well, at least I'm writing down my dreams now, so I'm pretty sure my recall will get better in a few days. I hope.

Last 3 days personal update.
1 LD
1 LD
3 LDs
Slept 7-8 hours each night.
update for y'all

My comp is broken, so editing the OP is... Difficult. Should be able to by the end of the week. Keep posting. Good luck on your challenges. I thought for a long time about what I should do whilst in two of my LDs. I killed an extra (which went with the dream army and the previous dream) and in the other I tried some back flips (goals from a while ago) haha. Hope y'all remember your goals better than I.

Got me 4 dreams tonight, so I'm at 9 now.

Got a solid 8 hours of sleep last night. No lucids, but 2 ordinary dreams. If I don't finish these challenges... oh man.

Lucid Count: 2/55 (GOTTA WORK ON THIS)
Challenges Completed: None... again

Did two WBTBs today [2/42], reporting one dreamlet [1/10]– a guy talks about cheese , noticed position two times after wake [2/20]

Two Lds and 50 mins insomnia resulting from the efforts, total sleep time 7 hrs

Haven't completed any of my challenges yet or have an LD, though I've had some pretty cool non lucid dreams though

How has all y'alls sleep been?

I slept 5 hours last night and took a 3 hour nap. Had some cool dreams and should have gotten lucid, but not sleeping the straight hours still counts as a minus 1 against me. Should still be on a good enough schedule to LD tonight though.

comp should be fixed in a day or two and I'll be able to update. Maybe. wife could go into labor at any time. Keep up the effort. I would recommend everyone to report on your progress by the 7th so that we can keep y'all motivated.

I'm at uni with no lectures/seminars so I've been sleeping 10-12 hrs nightly... too much of a good thing?

I kind of forgot about this thread, but it seems I have been sticking to my challenges anyway! (WBTB pretty much every night)

2 shortish LDs from last night to report: 06/06/13 - TotM Attempt - Dickensian Hometown, - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Only 1 dream tonight even though I started with something to make me remember more (put something to drink besides my bed when I sleep so I wake up more often. Let's see how it goes. 10 Dreams as of now.

I've had about 6 or 7 dreams recorded since we started and no lucids yet, I'm always to tired after a Wbtb and just go back to sleep unconsciously, need to start trying a little harder now for that Wild

From the past two days:
on the 4th I got 8 hours of sleep and had a short DILD and a few not-so-special dreams. Failed again at tasting foods (they didn't taste like anything )
and on the 5th I got 9 hours and had another WILD, but failed at getting remotely close to the ocean.

Lucid Count: 4/55
Challenges Completed: None again, but I'm getting closer!

Got another one, that's 2. (2/60)

Been getting 9 hours of sleep nowadays, which is a good sign. If only my LDs would come back.

Had my first sleep phase within the challenge so far, here's a full update:

The challenges:
1.] [ ] Remember at least [10/404] dreams including tags
2.] [ ] Have a day with 10 or more dreams
3.] [ ] Have my first WILD
4.] [ ] Have at least 5 lucid dreams
5.] [ ] Revisit at least one place in a dream where I have been before (Preferably Coon City, or a certain Postapocalyptic building, or maybe ISIM)
6.] [ ] Have at least 5 dreams about Ryuko (IOSDP Shared Dreaming RPG)
7.] [ ] Learn how to visualize good enough to hallucinate things into my vision on purpose
8.] [ ] Cause the biggest detonation I've seen in my dreams yet
9.] [ ] Have another music focused dream
10.] [ ] Have at least [1/10] WBTBs
11.] [ ] Have at least [1/30] shorter sleep phases during the day

The Punishments:
1.] Sleep on the floor for a week
2.] Go sparring with my girlfriend 5 times (she is strong to the point of being dangerous, so...)
3.] Create and upload an anime styled picture within just 2 weeks (I'm not confident and I'm lacking proper practice, so that's definitely going to be punishment)
4.]
5.] Make a piece of art about one of my recent dreams and submit it to DeviantArt and DreamViews, deadline is 3 weeks after starting with the picture
6.] Create lyrics for a track about the IOSDP shared dreaming project, sing it in front of my girlfriend and post the lyrics on DV, deadline would be a month after starting on the lyrics
7.] Meditate bound or in an otherwise uncomfortable position for 2 hours
8.]
9.] Run back home from work once (My working place is a lot further from home)
10.] Stay (sharp) afloat in water for at least 90 consecutive minutes
11.] Go to school a week without using the tram (The first day of the week walking home is fine as measurement)

2 punishments to go, maybe I'll have some more ideas of my own, maybe some ideas from my girlfriend.