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human
Not even gonna bother with a WBTB attempt tonight I don't have enough time. Just popping a melatonin and waiting for it to kick in so I can calm the fuck down so I can go to sleep

God damn I'm so pissed at myself for wasting another night. 
20 days in, 30% failure rate on dream recall. Same as last year, I've made literally no improvement so far. 
I'm the same person I was last year in terms of progress except with another year of aging behind me. Alright let's go, knowing that at 26 I'm years behind the norm for progression. That I've missed out on the prime biological years of my life
gpt
Not hip to all the lingo, or all of the possible methods, but wouldn't you using melatonin effect the process?
If I take melatonin or anything, it can effect my ability to recall. And it can potentially be habit forming if you aren't careful.
Try setting an alarm to wake you up part of the way through your sleep cycle if you want to start getting into the habit of remembering them.
>20 days in
It took me at least a good couple months before I could recall multiple dreams in the same night, and it took a couple more months before I could start doing SLIGHTLY lucid things.
Everyone goes at their own pace, if you try to rush ahead you are going to trip and make it harder on yourself.
If you are stressing over it, it does make it tougher.
human
>Try setting an alarm to wake you up part of the way through your sleep cycle if you want to start getting into the habit of remembering them.
That is wbtb I think. I try that most nights but tonight I just need to not worry about this so I can not be tired for work. Usually what ends up happening is I wake up and I can't go back to sleep.

Ive been trying to lucid dream for years. My pace isn't good enough and I need to try harder than I've done before. I get maybe one every 3 months that last less than a minute. I stayed up because I was playing games and catching up with friends. If I want to lucid dream I have to be willing to give up my social life for it.