To help you remember your dreams (and also to keep track of all your lucid ones) the best thing you can do is to keep a dream journal.
Recording your dreams will give you a reason to remember them, thus improving your dream recall right away.
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If you consequently write down at least one dream a night, you will begin to recognize your own unique dreamthemes. Once you have found such a theme, you can use that to become lucid.
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Choosing your means of recording
First make a conscious choice on how you will keep track of your dreams. Will you write them down by hand or on the computer? Do you prefer to speak your dreams into a dictaphone and write them out later?
Make it special
If you are going to write by hand go out and buy yourself a journal that appeals to you. Also get yourself a pen that will only be used for writing in your journal. Consciously decide that this journal is the place where you will be recollecting your experiences in the dreamworld.
This will make your dreamwriting some sort of ritual. Another hint to your subconscious that remembering dreams is important now.
If you chose another method of recording your dreams, try to find something that will make it special and fun. It will really help your dream recall.
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On the is a special diary section where you can read dreams as well as adding your own.
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Do not wait
Keep your dreamdiary right next to your bed so you can write down your dreams directly when you have awoken.
Let recording your dreams be the first thing you do in the morning. The longer you wait, the more your dream will fade away.
If you wake up in the night with a dream fresh in your head Don't wait until morning to record it. No matter how clear they are at the time, they will have disappeared entirely from your memory by the time you get up in the morning.
Let the memory come
When you awake, don't get out of bed immediately, but keep the position you awoke in. Let your mind wander back to your dream. Let the memory come to you. Don't force yourself to remember, it won't work.
Write down anything
If you cannot recall a dream then be aware of how you feel on waking up and write that down. Maybe you have a particular song in your head. Write down anything you can remember... emotions, colors, sounds, anything.
Title your dreams
Give every dream a title and don’t forget to put the date in as well. Dream titles help you to remember what the
dream was about when you go through your diary.
Make it a habit
Make writing down your dreams part of your morning ritual. Set aside time in your schedule for writing down your dreams. If you make a habit of writing down your dreams your dream recall will improve. It is like exercising your muscles.