Sort of the fifth post of the day if you include edits
I don't know if my procrastination changes with the time of year or comes in cycles, but I haven't opened my bag all weekend. I'd prefer to blame it on lack of will power than on some force beyond my control. I guess I'll try to do some work soon.
The lucid dream stuff I was reading stresses the importance of "dream recall." I'm putting a journal with a pen next to my bed. Even more important is "reality checks;" to help you recognize that you're in a dream, and therefore to take control of it, what I've read suggests performing - while dreaming - a reality check like reading a clock twice (time in dreams is apparently often inconsistent) or seeing if you can breathe through your nostrils while you hold them shut (breathing too, I guess). Obviously you're not going to know to do that in a dream unless you do it regularly. So I guess I'm going to start performing reality checks throughout the day.
The point of explaining this was that reading about reality checks made me smile. It felt like being inducted into a secret society.
The lucid dream stuff I was reading stresses the importance of "dream recall." I'm putting a journal with a pen next to my bed. Even more important is "reality checks;" to help you recognize that you're in a dream, and therefore to take control of it, what I've read suggests performing - while dreaming - a reality check like reading a clock twice (time in dreams is apparently often inconsistent) or seeing if you can breathe through your nostrils while you hold them shut (breathing too, I guess). Obviously you're not going to know to do that in a dream unless you do it regularly. So I guess I'm going to start performing reality checks throughout the day.
The point of explaining this was that reading about reality checks made me smile. It felt like being inducted into a secret society.