I've heard, and I've noticed it to be true, that when there's a lot going on in your waking life, it's a lot harder to remember your dreams. That's certainly true for me. I've been in the habit of recording my dreams every morning for the last two and a half years, and I can see the rise and fall of my dream frequency. Especially when I'm moving from one place to another, as I have so often this year. Or starting a new job, or a new class, or traveling. I can tell that this has been a pretty eventful year by the thickness of my dream journal. It's less than 25% as thick this year as it was by this time last year. And most of the dreams are making less of an impression.
I guess that's because a part of our dreams' job is to help us process issues that we're facing in our waking life, especially those emotional issues that we seem to avoid looking at. But when there's a lot going on in our lives, the problems, conflicts, and mundane events are staring us right in the face, and we have to deal with them head on. There's less work for the subconscious mind to do. So the subconscious takes a break and lets the conscious take over. There's no need for interpretation... we're dealing with the here and now... the obvious. There will be more time for exploring the recesses of our own minds later.
So what does this have to do with blogging? Well, I've noticed a huge difference in the quality of my blog lately. Whereas I used to address esoteric or abstract ideas, or contemplate cultural differences or pyschological quirks, lately, my blog has been all about me... and prolifically so... much to the chagrin, I'm sure, of many of my readers.
The thing is... there's just been so much going on in my life, that I have to deal with what's on my plate. And one way of dealing with that stuff is to blog about it. I know I'm excessively verbose, but it's therapeutic for me. And it's all pretty mundane and boring stuff, but it's what's on my mind. I just haven't had the time and energy to ponder the imponderables lately.
Every once in a while, I do think of a good blogging topic, and I jot it down for some day, but then whatever else is going on in my life always seems more urgent to get down on paper. And by the time I do that, I'm too tired to do anything else.
But I know that I'm going to get settled down soon, and the big changes won't be spaced so closely together. Then, I'll start dreaming again, and the old kruublogs will be back. Until then, I'll just have to ask you to bear with me.
kruuyai posted on Oct 02, 2007
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beyondtheveil said on Oct 02, 2007....
kruu- Actually, I've really been quite entertained by TT, hehehe, and the pirates (sounds like a cartoon show). Your blogs have a quality to them that always keeps me coming back, regardless of what they are about, although I've worried about you once or twice.
You write what you want, especially if they are therapeutic- I, for one, will be here with you.
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evil_twin said on Oct 02, 2007....
Kruu, maybe it's because I've always like writing about my own life, but I'm enjoying your 'life' blogs too. I'm always riveted with everything you say, even if it seems mundane to you. It's not to me! I'm always laughing and unable to stop reading your posts until the end. And I only discovered your blogs when this is what you were writing about, so I don't know what they used to be like! But just like beyond said above me, write what you need to write, and I'll be reading too!
evil_twin LA
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botoni said on Oct 02, 2007....
KRUU...........I read you faithfully. Why is that? You make me laugh, you make me think, you make me excited and interested and challenged. You surely know that I love the tails and trials of KRUU from pirates to TT to Wang. Keep it up Oh Wonderous Mother of LBJ! -
silverwhisper said on Oct 02, 2007....
different doesn't mean "not as good"!
[trout-smack!]
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kruuyai said on Oct 03, 2007....
beyond: TT and the Pirates does sound like a cartoon show! We should get a patent on that. Thanks for your support, beyond.. I always look forward to your comments on my posts, and really miss you when you're not around.
e_t: Cool! I'm glad you enjoy them. I think I've decided to interpret my relatively low readership (compared with other bloggers here) as a sign that my posts are for readers of discerning taste... and you may include yourself in that category! lol
botoni: hehehe... you put a smile on my face, as usual.
ed: It's true, being trout smacked is just like losing your virginity. Once you've had your first, it keeps coming back at you, fast and furious, until you can't stop yourself. My name is kruu, and I am a trout-aholic! Thanks, I needed that!
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silverwhisper said on Oct 03, 2007....
bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! :D -
queenparanoia said on Oct 03, 2007....
oh kruu i still love the way you blog... by the way what is a dream journal? do you write what you dream on it? and then what? =) -
kruuyai said on Oct 03, 2007....
queen: Yes, I write my dreams every morning. Later, I type them into my computer. When I look back over the dreams that I had over a period of time, I can sometimes see what my subconscious mind was thinking. (Like in the months before my cat died, I was always dreaming about rescuing her from danger.. volcanoes, earthquakes, other cats, etc... so I guess I knew she wasn't long for this world, but I was really in denial about it). Sometimes I can get some ideas about what my dreams are trying to tell me by making a good interpretation the same day or shortly after I dream it. By having my dreams in my computer, they're portable for my frequent moves, and I can do word searches to look for dreams on a certain topic. Like if I want to take a look at all the dreams I had about "storms," I just type that into a word search, and run it through the document, and it highlights the word "storm" every time. It's pretty cool. -
queenparanoia said on Oct 04, 2007....
oh okay i understand. that's actually cool idea kruu. maybe i'll try that. but sometimes if i dream i tend to forget about it afterwards. well maybe i should write down the dreams that i remembered... =) -
kruuyai said on Oct 04, 2007....
queen: Yes, the more you get in the habit of writing them, the more you will remember. If you have a hard time remembering your dreams, start by just writing down how you feel every morning (it has a lot to do with what we dreamed). Also, you know how quickly we can forget our dreams, so try to wake up at a time when it's quiet at home, and try to remain in that half asleep state while you start to remember the dream. If you only remember a flash of it, visualize it while you're in that state, and try to get back into it, and sometimes it comes. (Sometimes not). Good luck! -
queenparanoia said on Oct 04, 2007....
ok kruu i'll try it!!! =) -
kruuyai said on Oct 05, 2007....
queen: Let me know how it goes.
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