hi,
I recently discovered the idea of 'learning to lucid dream' and i'm so excited to try, I have for as long as i can remember had an interest in dreaming, I have 4 sisters and I shared dreaming has been quite unquestioned in our family, I have read lots of books about dream interpretations and i also have a big interest in human psychology and finding the root of a feeling.
So I would like too start a workbook for all my thousand ideas and help keep me organized and motivated.
My dream recall is quite good i have 2-4 long dreams a night if i write them down in a journal i have several dream volumes from over the years, i can remember a certain dream for a long time several years later i can remember the exact feeling and purpose of the dream, also some nights i might be writing in my dream book and i might remember loads of dreams i hadn't remembered before.
Somebody recently pointed out that i might be using a technique called Dream Incubation, I have a very easy time making a dream the night before and dreaming it although I'm not fully aware that i'm dreaming, I'm very excited about doing some more research into this, and will post a few examples after.
I guess i started doing that around when i was a teenager and was a bit lonely and i wanted a boyfriend so every night i would imagine i was together with my biggest crush and eventually i would start dreaming about him and i would wake up so happy. Also living in sweden the winter months are long and cold so every few nights i would imagine i was at a tropical beach and i would wake up in the morning feeling actually sunburned so nowadays i have quite a easy time just thinking about something during the day and focusing on it before i go too sleep.

Before I go too sleep I have a chant if you will , RELAX, REST, REFRESH, REMEMBER, RECOGNIZE, RESOLVE, REACT, ACT abbreviated RA actually there are so many good words starting with R that it helps me sleep. so this is something i hope too find in my dream, also i made myself a license plate 7xRA and last night i spent a long dream looking for my car, :-)


My Big dream goals right now are: opening a bar and shop in the ghost city of Varosha, interacting with customers making drinks, etc etc etc. short time goals are interacting with dream characters asking names and directions. also finding myself in Varosha and generally knowing im dreaming.

and another big goal i have is a spiderman sort of swing/crawl throughout the city, short time goal is finding a wall and climbing or feeling it, looking at my hands and shooting stuff from them.


Awake i have a few excercises, Keeping a diary i find very helpful too keep my real life goals separate from dream world even though they are related, spending my night cleaning is generally not so fun , also i just feel the walls alot and ask myself am i dreaming when practising yoga i might imagine i'm floating or putting my foot through the floor.

My sleep patterns are very random I have three small kids who wake me alot of nights, but they are helping my dream recall, also my husband wakes up at about 5 am so i might get up a short while before going back to sleep.
So that was a little about me, I appreciate all helpful thoughts and comments, I love theorizing and philosofising so if you have any ideas pls let me know .