Journaling, and remembering your reality checks.

**FreddyKrueger** · 12-21-2013 09:12 PM

Here is something I am considering trying: In addition to keeping my dream journal, I am considering keeping a journal of my reality checks that I perform in waking life, and other awareness exercises. Using this method to remember these events should help my brain be more aware of them, and perhaps increase the probability that I will perform a RC in my dreams. Even though I perform each RC with focus, a lot of the time, I think the check just gets forgotten about; that can't be good. I think being able to recall these events with high resolution would help a whole lot. I believe keeping a waking journal in general is a good idea as well, but I am really wanting to focus attention on the checks, and awareness exercises specifically to make a clear vivid memory of each one.

Just my thoughts, and so I think I will begin right now!

**Sivason** · 12-22-2013 01:21 AM

It could not hurt, but you should work up to a dozen or more a day and that could get tiring.

**FreddyKrueger** · 12-22-2013 01:33 AM

I can perform up to 30 to 50 reality checks per day at times. Thankfully (and I neglected to mention above) I won't be journaling each and every reality check, rather, I will pick certain ones to journal. These particular reality checks will be performed as thoroughly as possible, and will be longer and more detailed than my normal reality checks that go unrecorded. Today so far, I have performed nearly 30 reality checks, and have recorded 4 of those in precise detail. I also remember each one of those four in my mind's eye, just as I performed it.

So the idea here is to make the quality of the reality checks increase, and make a mental map of them in my mind, while still keeping the volume of my reality checks high by still performing the normal ones I usually perform -- I get some extra quality, and then my normal quantity. All my checks are used with focus, but the journal checks will have the added advantages I have mentioned.

**FreddyKrueger** · 12-23-2013 06:41 PM

It's not conclusive as of this point as to whether this technique is working, or if it were going to happen anyway, but I achieved 4 LD's last night. I will continue with this method.

**Sivason** · 12-23-2013 08:09 PM

Sounds very reasonable and like it is working.

**benni** · 12-23-2013 09:02 PM

Sounds good to me! Just be careful that you still do your unrecorded RCs in a good quality as well and don't slack off. Otherwise I don't see any problems with this method working. Anything that boosts your awareness is definitely going to help you and maybe you will be able to figure out what RCs and which way of performing them is most effective for you.
Good luck!

**FreddyKrueger** · 12-23-2013 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by benni

Just be careful that you still do your unrecorded RCs in a good quality as well and don't slack off.
Good luck!

Absolutely! I totally agree! All my unrecorded checks are done with good thought, and focus. The recorded ones are just extra thorough, and lengthy.

**gab** · 12-26-2013 04:56 AM

Journaling RCs is also fun, when later you do that in your dream, you can see, how long it took for it show up in your dream. And which ones are most common in you dream. Also when you switch to a new RC. Here is a more complete list of thing you can keep, that may help you find patterns - such as supplements or foods and their relation to dream vividness and such http://www.dreamviews.com/dild/13212...ods-dilds.html