Originally posted by jay dawg
wouldnt being truly lucid not require a check list. if your lucid, you just ask yourself what you want to do , then do it. right? ive been that lucid but woke up! what do you imply by saying you need to have a checklist instilled. that sounds to me like incubating a dream about being lucid!
People get excited when they finally go Lucid, and then there are the thousands of things that everyone has always bragged about... lied about doing. So when the time comes and of all those thousands of possibilities, what do you do? Just like this person here had explained, one of the most common decisions is to virtually do nothing at all.

You know, there is nothing wrong with planning ahead. For instance, when one goes to a Guru's Ashram, it is almost expected that one will rehearse a question for the Guru. If the Guru should walk up and ask, "What did you come all the way around the World for?", then it should be best if you could reply with something a bit more intelligent than a stutter.

Also, despite what some people claim, Lucid Dreams are never frequent. They can be considered as being rare and valuable opportunities, and you would spend them on spur of the moment whims... whatever would pop into your head in that moment of confused excitement.

No, it never hurts to plan ahead. If you would want to have a meaningful and important Life, you might consider designing it that way by some conscious and deliberate intention. Or has being entirely haphazard worked so well for you so far?