Nice, thanks! I'll definitely check that out!

This is actually a thing?

What am I saying, of course it is. This is the internet.

Of course, how could I not?

It's funny that you say that, I was just mentioning Infinite Jest to a friend.

Jeez... Just read it through and was thrown completely off guard. I was convinced it was just a fictional story for the first couple paragraphs, and I'm still not sure.

:)

That's definitely true, I never really considered that before.

I definitely have, but I can't seem to tell if that was from keeping the journal or not. I've had several dreams where I'd perform reality checks that would lead me to the conclusion I was dreaming.

The concept is that if you make a reality check (like checking the number of fingers you have) a normal, frequent part of your life it will logically begin to appear in your dreams, making you realize that you are in a dream and ultimately lead to becoming lucid. I wanted to try this out, but I never was able to maintain the constant reality checks, and dream journalling has always led to vivider dreams I could actually remember (and requires a bit less commitment).

I'm almost 90% positive that the movie is based of the poem. I think you'll enjoy it (I enjoyed it and I'm not really a poetry person), it's very motivational. :)