week 5

I think I may have lucid dreamed for the first time this week. On Wednesday, right before I woke up, I remember looking at a clock. Something about the clock, probably inconsistency about the time, caused my mind to tick and realize that I was dreaming. After I realized I was dreaming, I was able to try flying and it felt absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, I was unable to enjoy it for very long as it seemed like I was only lucid dreaming for a few seconds before I woke up. I can't wait to see what develops next week.

Fun fact of the week: dreams and conscious are caused by gamma electricity in the brain. Therefore, it is possible to artificially induce lucid dreaming by applying jolts of gamma electricity.

Week 4

It was a very interesting week. This week was the project pitch. For my 20% time, I decided to make a prezi to display the basic elements of my project. It details out my reasons and a basic overview of my 20% time. I have noticed a pattern in my dream journal. I can dream about whatever I was thinking about before sleep.

 The Prezi can be accessed here.

Fun fact of the week: People who practice a skill in a lucid dream have reported increase in skill when they woke up.

Week 3

While someone's asleep, dreams occur in the REM (Random Eye Movement) part of the sleep cycle. REM sleep. REM sleep occurs during the later part of sleep, hence why dreams tend to be interrupted by awakening. Unfortunately, this means that dreams do not come often when my alarm clocks goes off at half past five. The interesting thing is, I seem to get more dreams when I fall asleep in 1st period (an online class that I normally do at home), than when sleeping in my bed. Perhaps I simply can not remember anything when an alarm clocks jolts me awake. Last (Friday) night, I remembered the first dream I know for sure I had this week at home. The details are mostly a blur, but I remember adventure and league of legends, a video game.

Next week, hopefully I can dream more by sleeping earlier.

week 2

Week 2 was somewhat uneventful. With the early school bells, it's hard to get enough sleep to trigger REM sleep and enter dream state. However, because I have been keeping a dream journal, I can recount some of my more vivid dreams. They include breaking into a government facility and playing a real life video game in a haunted clown mansion. Even if I manage to achieve nothing else this year, starting to keep a dream journal is an awesome change and remembering my dreams gives the start of every day a pleasant jolt.
Next week, I'm going to try out some other techniques I read about online. Wish me luck.

week 1 (reuploaded because school)

My 20% time will be a project to attempt lucid dreaming, the ability to be aware of, and to control your dreams. I'm doing this project because research shows that it can help boost problem solving skills and information processing skills. The first step to being able to control one's dreams is to become aware of the dream. For the first week, I have been trying to accomplish this by using 2 methods. First, I have been keeping a journal where I try and write down everything i remember from the night before. I have also been trying to give myself "tests" throughout the day: pinching myself or trying to walk through walls.
Next week, I'm going to move on to stage two, and try to think about what to dream, at least to control the general settings of my dream,