Waking up from a dream can be one of the most confusing times at the start of our day. From my own experience, my dreams have always been bizarre, random, and super vivid. The problem with dreams is that we tend to instantly forget them within a matter of seconds after we wake up. Over spring break, I finally had some free time and encouraged myself to begin a dream journal to log each dream that I (hopefully) was able to remember.
Out of the many empty journals that were laying around my room, I grabbed one and officially labeled it as my dream log notebook. By logging each dream that I had into my small journal, I noticed that my memory of remembering what happened in them actually has improved. I may not remember exactly every detail or occurrence that happened, but the smallest details have honestly been enough for satisfying my curiosity on the mystery of dreams. Sometimes dreams help reveal hidden emotions or feelings from our subconscious that aid in helping us in reality.
One of the most surprising things that I took note of from a dream of mine was the way it unveiled creative activity. As a writer, I’m always looking for different inspirations or ideas, and one day I woke up from a dream in which I had actually written a poem in the dream. To my surprise, I vividly remembered almost the entirety of the poem and immediately typed it as fast as I could into my notes app before I forgot it. I’ve been in shock ever since!
