Finally.

So today I was finally able to actually go through with another run of the rhythmic napping. I didn't have another lucid dream, but I'm really happy that I had the will power to force myself into trying to have another LD. I felt the same startling rush of tingling throughout my whole body that I talked about earlier (which may or may not be a good sign), but I think its a plus. Nothing new or different really happened, but I'm glad I found my will power again.

What Am I Going to Present?

WHO KNOWS?! 30 minutes seems so long, but I feel like I can talk my way through. Its just the thought of organizing it into a coherent and easy to follow presentation without being too confusing and ambiguous because lucid dreaming terms can be confusing. Also, I'm worried that I will speed through my presentation and then not have anything left to talk about with 10+ minutes left on the clock. These things have me nervous. I know inside of me somewhere, it'll work out fine because I have a lot of material, but making it presentable is hard. Hopefully I can spread out my time wisely over finals week to write my narrative and create my presentation so that it doesn't turn out horribly.

Now that I've had a lucid dream..

So now that I've actually experienced a lucid dream, waking up in the morning seems so much more pointless. I still wake up, stay awake for a little bit, then realize "I've already had one, what am I doing? I really need to sleep, I'm so tired..." I convince myself to go back to bed and just rest up because I've already got one to bank on. I know this is the wrong mentality and I really want to have more, its just been so hard. Sometimes its even gone as far as staying awake the whole 50-60 minutes in the morning, setting up the timer, laying down and after the first timer goes off, the evil side of my conscience kicks in. "What am I doing..? This is so not worth it." And right then, I take off my headphones, turn my computer off and go back to sleep peacefully. Its bad, real bad.

Reflection on Sources

So throughout my whole project, I've had to do a lot of research to find out a lot of different things from techniques to various sleeping phenomena to other lucid dreamers experiences. Some sources that I've found really beneficial include http://www.dreamviews.com/community/index.php, Stephen LaBerge's book, Salt Cube's videos, Lucidology 101 video and http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com. All of them have provided valuable insights and information. The dreamviews forum was so helpful for when I had questions about specific lucid dreaming techniques or phenomenon because there are so many experienced people there willing to respond to your questions quickly and with all the knowledge they have. The videos taught me much more about sleep paralysis and a deeper look into some of the techniques. The world of lucid dreaming website got me started on finding information about lucid dreaming and also got me started on the binaural beats. These sources and more were fabulous tools to have and I'm really happy I was able to find them and use them effectively. But, I don't want to write my whole research commentary here, so I'll stop right about now.