I'm curious why people may start making progress with dream recall, achieving lucidity, and then giving up.

I do remember about a decade ago, when I'd gone through a divorce about a year earlier, difficult at the time, but I thought I was well over it. I started working on dream recall, and was appalled to find my ex-wife turning up in practically every single dream. Talking urgently to me through a closed window so I couldn't hear a word she was saying, that kind of thing. I never thought about her during the day! It got so annoying that I gave up trying. I just didn't want to see her anymore.

Hmmm. I've done yoga and meditation pretty much every day for years now, and I still feel resistance every single morning when I look at the yoga mat. But I do it. When I was younger, I often started those things, felt wonderful -- but didn't keep up with it. I wonder what it is?

Ha. I remember my father started doing yoga, an extremely unlikely development for anyone who knew him. He stuck with it for a surprisingly long time. I didn't see him for a while, but when I did, I asked him how he was going with it. He gave me a look and said he'd given up. I asked why. He said "Oh, I just got sick of feeling so goddamned good all the time." Haha.

Resistance is a funny thing.

I guess it's not the only reason. People get busy, have babies, tough periods at work, whatever.

I guess it's also quite a lot of work, it requires effort. I guess if you feel you aren't making progress, you get dispirited.

What else? What are other reasons?