Summer Dreaming Tips

Keeping a dream journal is a great way to start working with dreams. By simply opening to a page, putting the next day’s date on it, and writing a couple sentences about the day’s challenges and what you’d like to dream about, you are much more likely to have helpful dreams that night and remember them on waking. It sounds simple, but the results can be profound.

You can create a dream journal out of any blank book or spiral notebook. I am fond of artist’s sketchbooks with acid-free pages. I start a new journal about every six months, and spend an afternoon making a collage cover for it, using images I collect from magazines, cards, giftwrap, and catalogues. 

If this sounds like too much work, most bookstores have a great selection of notebooks with decorative covers, some containing both lined and blank pages. The important thing is to find a book which suits you. For a little lighthearted fun with bad dreams, or for the child in your life, these NightmareSnatcher Journals may be just the thing.

Above all, make this the summer where you give yourself enough sleep to wake fully rested and refreshed. Have a cup of soothing herbal tea after dinner, turn off the computer a half-hour earlier, and let yourself ease gently into sleep. The benefits to your dream life—and to your work the next day—will be well worth it.