I'm going to start a workbook here too. I'll use this one for all my lucid experiences and the other for non-lucid dreaming, recall, sleep patterns etc.

Reality Checks:

- Breathing through plugged nose.
- Hand examination and finger push.
- When I’m using a mirror I will typically tap it, expecting ripples of some sort in a dream.

Dream Signs:

- Crowded, exciting places (concerts/amusement parks etc.)
- Boats
- Friends that I don’t often see, but have seen recently
- Car accidents (although this usually wakes me up)

Short-Term Goals:

- Sustain and explore lucid dreams more thoroughly
- Increased stability/vividity
- Continue to progress with recall
- Establish more reliable dream signs

Long-Term Goals:

- Explore my own psyche
- Create my own dreamscapes that I can visit repeatedly

Lucid/Dream Recall History:

- 3-5 Lucid/Semi-Lucid. Nothing lasting more than a minute. Only one was not ‘blurry’.
- Recall is improving rapidly. 2-3 dreams a night is typical (although less in the last few days). Page long DJs typical.

Current Technique:

- My current technique (although at a certain point they seem to blend together to a degree…) is DILD. Occasionally I will dabble with repeating some mantras before bed (MILD) with mixed results.
- I have tried WILD, SSILD, and FILD multiple times each, both at the beginning of the night and w/ WBTB. In almost all occasions this results in me not becoming lucid and making it harder for me to sleep. For example, on some nights I’ll be very tired and decide to try to WILD. In addition to it not working I will then spend 1+ hours to fall asleep. I’ve since dropped these almost entirely, planning on trying them again once I am more familiar with the lucid dream state.

My most recent working points have been to focus on improving my sleeping habits (hopefully the habits will stick). I wake up each morning at 630 (although I may need to move this forward to allow for more DJ time) meaning I’ve had to more my bedtime from 12 to 1030. One of the biggest resistance points for me is that between work/commute/gym I now have <2 hours free time a day.