Zhon's Workbook

[Zhon]

-How many dreams do you remember a week on average?
I can only remember three or four.

-How many hours of sleep do you get a night on average?
On school days, seven hours.
On weekends/days off, eight or more depending on how tired I was the night before.

-How do you wake up in the morning? (Alarm clock, someone awakens you, or other means)
I use two alarm clocks set three minutes apart.

-Do you consider yourself a light or a heavy sleeper?
I'm definitely a heavy.

Goal for improving Recall
I'd like to be able to remember 2-3 dreams each night, if possible.  Right now I forget so many of them, and most of the time the only impression I get from my dreams when I wake up is that I had a couple.

[Zhon]

ugh...

In three days, the only dream I've been able to recall is a small fragment of a musical performance (June 4th)

[Luminous]

Have you been getting enough sleep? If you haven't, you should! If you're not rested, your dream recall will suffer.

[Zhon]

I'm pretty sure that I've been getting enough sleep, but I can't be certain....

A lot of stuff has been going on, though, and during the day there have been points where I feel so tired that it's all I can do to avoid falling asleep then and there.  I have no idea what's going on.

[Zhon]

   my recall is horrible!    All I remember from last night is that I had a dream.

[Zhon]

I guess I should update my workbook.

June 12-13: no recall

June 14: one somewhat-vivid dream.

Last night: no recall

[Zhon]

June 16: an impression of a fragment, nothing more.

June 17: one fragment

[Zhon]

June 18:  One small fragment (I didn't get to my DJ soon enough to record any details)

[Zhon]

June 19: one dream

June 20: no recall

June 21: one long dream

June 22: no recall

[Zhon]

Evaluation:  Partial success.  I'm now remembering roughly one dream every other night, and at least the impression of a fragment each night when it isn't a full dream (nothing worth writing down, but it's progress).

This was a huge help.     Lumi!