Thread: Task of the Year for 2013

Wooo! I was up on New Years waiting for it to be posted, but then I realized since I'm in New Zealand it would only be posted the next day.
Now here it is! I can't wait to do this year's TOTY! I wanted to do last year's one, but I didn't really like the theme.
Task of the Year 2013, HERE I COME!

Pretty exciting. I had originally planned to start these today. I think I will start later though. More practice needed now.

Oh I meant to add that these were basically CanisLucidus's ideas. I only added a tiny bit to them for shits and giggles.

Thanks for the lucidspiration my friend

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Oh I meant to add that these were basically CanisLucidus's ideas. I only added a tiny bit to them for shits and giggles.

Thanks for the lucidspiration my friend

Thanks for the credit, my friend, but I think that several of these are much improved from my originals! You especially killed it on the Asia task. Great job as usual.

But perhaps I can't be trusted to give a completely impartial opinion. So for an unbiased view on these tasks, I've asked a mutual friend of ours for his opinion before he returns to his country of origin later this year:



I'll see you all around the globe!

I've been looking for some goals to get back into dreaming with... these should work great.

The china goal sounds pretty hilarious, I think I'll try that one first once I'm comfortable with stabilization and whatnot

Yeahh I'm gonna try for China first as well. I'm gonna try to vandal DV members' names if I can remember to

This is going to be awesome... I'm a major ancient history and Latin buff so the Rome task is really going to appeal to me, but I have a bit of a fear of killing people in my dream, it makes me cry (literally...).

EDIT: I just realised that quite a few of these tasks will force me to face some of my dream fears:

Europe: Killing a person.
Asia: Getting attacked by sharp pointy knives.
Nth America: Getting shot at by guns.
Sth America: Heights
Australia: Swimming in open oceans.
Africa: Heights
Antarctica: I'd rather not lose my bearings by travelling underground...

These tasks sound fun! I'll definitely add them to my list of dream goals!

Man I wish I had the skill to do these tasks, they all sound like epic LD's

Originally Posted by BossMan

Man I wish I had the skill to do these tasks, they all sound like epic LD's

Practice! my friend, and You'll get to it.
Great tasks! Rome, here I come

Originally Posted by areyoume

Practice! my friend, and You'll get to it.
Great tasks! Rome, here I come

For sure, my two biggest inspirations for LD'ing was a chance to visit Ancient Rome & Space the way I imagined it.

So accomplishing this part of the TOTY would mean a lot to me. I'll definitely practice and hopefully get there before 2014!

I am definitely going to be concentrating on these this year. I can't wait!

This is great incentive for me to continue learning to lucid dream. Thanks!

Well yesterday I tried doing a WILD to complete the Angel Falls one, but I never got into the dream

get her next time.. imagine something like a turned on water faucet in your bathroom or kitchen growing into the Angel Falls

I woke up too soon. Roman task failed.

Spoiler for The Lucid Part:

...then I realize that this is just too weird and I become lucid. I laugh at the arm situation but the fact that this is a dream seems impossible at first. All I can think is that I just peed and it all felt so real. I decide not to worry about what that might mean in the waking world. I forget about my arms.

I want out of the house. I turn around and see a full window. I notice this window should be in the girls room not the bathroom. I shrug it off and dive through the glass. The top half of me pushes through fine but I get stuck at the waist. I tell myself the glass is not there and push down from the outside with my hands. I grunt as my waist and legs slowly come free. I come outside and land on my hands. I quickly get up and notice how It seems like dawn or dust but is the light well enough to see fine. (Small victory for an easy exit and light!)

Now I am standing outside. This part of my yard and driveway look normal. I don't focus on it too much but the neighborhood looks about right too. I think how I want to do the Rome TOTY. I need to teleport so first, I try to rip a whole in the fabric of this reality. I reach up in front of myself and make a tearing motion with my hands. I try to imagine the scene ripping like paper and opening into a dark void. I thought I saw something for a second but it was like trying to imagine something while awake. Nothing would happen. I felt really stupid making hand motions in the air so I thought to try something else.

I tried to spin to see if the scene would change. Every thing blurred in motion and then went dark. I fell to my hands and knees. I was not happy but told myself not to worry. Just wait and try to imagine a Roman Colosseum. I waited sightless feeling the ground with my hands, straining to see something.

After a moment, I see I am back in my front yard. There is a large red truck with a camper shell parked on the street. I think of how I used a "vehicle" in the September TOTM to travel. I decide to make this work. I hurry around the side of the truck. I feel rushed as I have no idea how much time I have. I pull on the driver side handle. Unlocked, Yes!

I don't even look at the ignition because I worry that I won't see a key. I reach and expect to feel it there. It is. I start the truck. I focus on the street outside so that I keep focused and don't loose my vision again. I feel around the steering wheel for buttons. I push random ones like in Sept TOTM and say, "Roman Colosseum." I see the buttons light up but nothing happens. I push the gas and expect to see light blur and streak like a Star Trek warp but, to my disappointment, the engine just revs.

I say, "OK,We will do this Back-To-The-Future style." I throw the shifter into drive and punch the gas. I see the street in front of me begin to darken but I just focus on the speedometer. I don't see any numbers but I have and idea of where 88 MPH is. I repeat "Roman Colosseum" over and over as I accelerate. The engine is making a horrible noise like the truck has no muffler. I find it odd but ignore it. As I am waiting to reach speed as the dream fades to black and I wake up.

I have completed the Angel Falls task!

Angel Falls TOTY (January 5, 2013) - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Only 7 tasks? You should give 2 objectives to complete in each continent.

Oh man, this may be the year to try at least some of them. I'm a real Rome fanatic too so I might want to try that. The tasks do sound quite complicated though, so we'll see how it goes. If I can do at least one or two of these, I'll be very happy with what I've achieved

Now that i'm back in the community, i'll surely try these.

Well, at least the TotY is on my mind. I DEILD'ed into a (modern) sports stadium wearing an ancient Roman boxing glove called a cestus.



So apart from the fact that I never made it to the Colosseum and failed to actually beat a dude to death with these (or have an opponent of any kind), I'm glad that my subconscious is at least kinda-sorta on the case.

The Cestus - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I'm going to try Australia first., turning into a giant gorilla is going to be a bit of a challenge so ill start with what I think will be easiest