Biggest Learning 365 Days Later: Just Keep Going!

I started this “little” dream project on June 7th 2018. In such a remarkably short amount of time, what was once a small interest has blossomed into a full-blown obsession resulting in a huge amount of dedication and success.

For me, the biggest deterrent to establishing my own consistent dreaming practice is discouragement over perceived lack of progress. This was hard early on. The only way for me to overcome this challenge was to let go of time... When I let go of the idea of needing to achieve something by a specific, self-imposed deadline, I felt free - and my skills grew. When I hit roadblocks, I just kept going. I tried not to get down. I tried not to think of it as failure. Many times my mind got the better of me. And I go sad. But… I just kept going. And here we are!

Now, 365 nights, 207 lucid dreams, and 877 regular dreams later, I continue to grow and up-level my lucidity and quality. While at the same time, I frequently have hazy, murky, low-level lucid dreams, plenty of non-lucid dreams, and whole a lot of dreams that are simply, utterly mundane.

All this to underscore that time, patience, and the most positive expectation framework that's right for you will go a long way... at least it did for me. There is no comparison to others, only to what you did yesterday. No matter where you think you are on your journey, you're right on track.

I am also so thankful for my teacher and mentor, Kristen LaMarca who has shaped my dreaming practice since studying under her Mindful Lucid Dreaming Program and to Andrew Holecek and his community of dreamers on the Night Club to which I am grateful to be a moderator.

Chart shows total number of dreams per month over one year.
Between June 2018 and June 2019, I recorded 1,084 total dreams.

Chart shows number of lucid dreams per month over one year.
Between June 2018 and June 2019, I recorded 207 lucid dreams (19%).