Why You Should Write Down the Dreams You Can’t Quite Remember
There Are Benefits You Don’t Realize
I’ll tell you a secret.
Even though I’m a high-yielding dreamer and a professional dreamwork practitioner, there are mornings I convince myself that my dreams are too distant or too hazy or too jumbled to bother writing them down.
I turn over and go back to sleep.
And … every time I listen to the voice in my head that tells me that’s the truth, I regret it later.
Have you ever taken on a regular practice — meditation, exercise, journaling, prayer, or diet — on the basis that the ritual itself, not the activity you are practicing, is what is beneficial?
If you have, you’ve possibly experienced what I have: benefits you weren’t expecting. For instance, many people who commit to exercising every morning before work or school do so to lose weight or get fit. Along the way, however, they discover things about themselves or the world they weren’t anticipating when they decided to exercise every morning.
They learned to appreciate the sunrise or the quiet of the house before the other humans or animals were awake. They realized they liked stretching, but hated running. They met a new friend at the gym. Just by getting up each morning…
