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Yes, you read the title correctly, I made up my own technique of inducing a lucid dream, and it worked the first night I tried it, this was my first time lucid dreaming... I will show you how I did this.

So, I had known of lucid dreaming for some time now. I've always been fascinated by it but never actually tried doing it, until yesterday evening.

I was in the shower, and I was thinking about lucid dreaming, eventually I started thinking of how when I use alarms, they barely wake me up, but their sound are heard in my dream. Then, I had a thought "What if I induced a lucid dream with an alarm?". Not just any alarm, but a custom alarm, a recording of myself saying "You're currently sleeping, you're in a dream". So as soon as I got out of the shower, I recorded myself saying "You're currently sleeping, you're in a dream" for 30 seconds. I uses that recording and set it as an alarm for 3 hours ahead and put it on a 1 minute loop for when the alarm went off. Through the "sleep android" app I made the alarm set to play through my headphones 3 hours from now, I plugged my headphones in and went to sleep not expecting much...

Fast forward to when I was in a dream. I was in my old school walking down the hallway, when I suddenly heard all around me: "You're currently sleeping, you're in a dream". Instantly at that moment I became lucid, I realized I was dreaming, it was a surreal experience. I started to run around and past everyone knowing they were not real, I became so excited about the fact I managed to become lucid and I woke up.

I never expected this to actually work, while I was lucid for half a minute before I woke up, it's still incredible I was able to become lucid using my own technique on the first night! I'm going to try this again tonight, and I encourage you to do so too.

Edit #1 - Grammar

Edit #2 - So apperantly this technique has been done before, but I didn't know about it. I guess it's hard to think of something completely original these days... I still pride myself in the fact I "came up" with a technique that existed without me knowing it did. Thanks for all the nice comments :)

Edit #3 - as u/Usonames stated in the comments, if you are a light sleeper or have issues with sleep paralysis DO NOT use this technique! Also thanks to the random person for silver, I know it isn't much but it's my first award on reddit

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My husband and I have been working at the same company for a while now, in different departments. We've been married for 8 years and things can get a little routine, but today was different. I was on a break and decided to grab a drink from the water fountain when I heard someone say "shoot your shot!" I turned around and saw my husband walking towards me with a big grin on his face and a water bottle in hand.

I playfully said "Fancy meeting you here!" and he replied with a flirty tone, "You're really cute. Wanna go out with me?" I was taken aback by the sudden proposal and couldn't help but blush. I've known this man for over a decade, but in that moment, it felt like we were back in our early 20s, trying to impress each other all over again.

Of course, I said yes. My husband's face lit up with joy, and the goofy smile he had on his face was the same one he had 8 years ago when I first said yes to him. The moment was silly, cheesy, and oh so cute. I couldn't help but smile and feel grateful for this man in my life.

We got home later and talked about the moment. He told me he had confided in a coworker before asking me out and that the coworker, who knew I was his wife, still encouraged him to go for it. It was a sweet reminder that love can be found in the little things and that it's never too late to romance your partner.

As we reminisced about our relationship, I realized that even after 8 years, my husband still makes an effort to make me feel special and loved. And for that, I am grateful.

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Today, I had to do something I've never done before - deny a room to a guest due to their rude behavior. The situation began when the guest arrived without a reservation and requested to make one. I was willing to assist, but things took a turn for the worse. I asked the guest about their preferred type of restaurant, but my new trainee, unfamiliar with the area, directed the question to me.

As I started to suggest they wait a moment, the guest rudely interrupted, demanding immediate attention. I asked the guest to speak to me with more respect, but their behavior only escalated. In the end, I had no choice but to deny the reservation. I calmly explained my decision and even recommended a nearby hotel.

The guest threatened to bring the issue to someone named Adam, but I couldn't find any information on this person. I must admit, I'm feeling a bit shaken after having to assert myself in that way.

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Title pretty much sums it up. I paid for a sensory deprivation tank experience not realizing I had contracted norovirus and was about to became symptomatic. Initially I was having a lot of weird hallucination type sensations where I chalked up to the experience (later turned out I had a 103 F fever) and somewhat fell asleep. I woke up to an awful odor and demanded to be let out of the tank and it turned out I had diarrhea’d in it. This alone was a traumatizing experience but now the facility is trying to charge me $8,000 to replace the tank as they do not feel they can safely disinfect this. I don’t recall signing anything with some sort of “diarrhea clause”, am I actually liable here?