{"id":340,"date":"2019-09-21T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T19:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2019-09-26T18:15:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:15:58","slug":"day-27-post-an-unusual-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/day-27-post-an-unusual-meetup\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 27: Post An Unusual Meetup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the co-organizer for the Active\/Lucid Dreaming Chicago Meetup Group<\/a>, I’ve had a lot of ideas for out-of-the ordinary events. But I rarely go through with them. Instead, I resort to our default “dream share” or book club format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lucid dreaming book club MeetUp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For my challenge, I went through with posting a unique event. This challenge was a continuation from a few days ago when I asked the main organizer if I could host an event. I gave myself until Friday to post the meetup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truth be told, I haven’t finalized the name, description, agenda, location, or even date of the event. But a commitment is a commitment, so I posted it anyways. I’ll probably keep changing the event information over the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the event information so far:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Event Title:<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Think Like A Lucid Dreamer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Details:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many people attempt lucid dreaming. But, without thinking like a lucid dreamer, their progress stalls.

Thinking like a lucid dreamer is more than controlling your dreams night. It\u2019s a practical approach to life, wherein we understand our environment and pick the best action.

A lack of lucidity leads to time-wasting and poor choices.

Most of us treat our dreams as if we\u2019re awake, and our waking life as if we\u2019re dreaming.

We forget how much control of life we truly have. Instead, we let our emotions and the judgements of other control us.

To be lucid means:

To do what you want no matter how others judge you.
To approach life rationally.
To learn from failure and not take it personally.
To notice what others don\u2019t.
To be constantly evolving as you gather more information about the world.

Lucid dreaming is just one aspect of this lucid mindset. By growing our \u201clucid muscle\u201d, we learn to automatically notice when we\u2019re awake and when we\u2019re asleep.

In this meetup we\u2019ll cover topics and perform exercises that develop our lucid mindset.

Agenda
3pm- Meet at Bond, introductions
3:15- Group Exercises
4- TBD

Meet Your Host:
I\u2019m Dash. I taught myself to lucid dream 9 years ago. I consider myself a practical lucid dreamer; I use lucid dreaming to better my life, not to escape it. I first used lucid dreaming to eat junk food in my dreams while keeping a strict diet in waking life. Now, I use it to optimize my sleep time to learn, grow, and have fun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How Do I Envision The Meetup?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s difficult to put my desired event into words. Just to be clear, I don’t actually know what we’re going to be doing yet. I’ll have to update the meetup information as I figure it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I know what I want. I want the meetup to be a hybrid of: <\/p>\n\n\n\n