How to use a Dream Journal

If you want to learn to write up a dream journal whether it be to induce lucid dream, interpret your dreams, or just feel the need to write, this is the hub to read. You can make your journal look fantastic and appealing by following some simple steps:

• Title - To tell briefly what your dream is about.
  
• Date - To state when you had this dream.
  
• Genre - What genre is it in? Action, romance, ordinary?
  
• Time - Between what times did you have the dream?
  
• Lucidity - Were you lucid at all during this dream?
  
• Description - The main writing piece, describe your dream in detail, and you will be more inclined to have a lucid dream later on.
  
• A Picture - Gives the page a better look and tells what the dream is about in brief. Draw or simply print a related image, both look great.
  

Many dreamers seem to quickly jot down their dreams on a piece of paper from a notepad, possibly not even writing down the date they had the dream. This will eventually cause you to lose motivation if you leave the piece of notepad paper lieing around and don't do anything with it. You don't have to invest large amounts of money on a dream journal, just a cheap $15 will do you good. If you decorate the dream journal, with pictures for each dream, maybe drawings, or you can even decorate the front cover, just make it appealing so it encourages you to write in it every morning.

Make sure you write in it every morning, i know it may get time consuming, it does, but surely you have time to jot 5+ dot points about the dream that you can work on later.

If anyone is interested in an iPod Touch/iPhone app that is associated with dreaming, check out my app review for "Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock" which graphs your sleeping patterns over the whole night.

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