Right now I am lucid an average of 2 times every week using MILD, DILD, and occasionally WBTB. From your own experience, how much effort do you think is necessary to actually improve in LDing (by that I mean increasing the frequency of lucidity). I am mainly talking about long term here. I know that I probably wont notice too much progress in a few weeks, but what about a few years of consistent effort?

One more thing, I have been increasingly interested in finding ways to increase awareness throughout my day. I have tried repeating a mantra (I am dreaming) as suggested in a thread I saw but it seemed to quickly lose it's meaning on me. If anyone has any personal tips on increasing awareness I would appriciate it. Also, if Walms is around, would you mind sharing or providing a link to some information on the extended gravity reality checks I have heard of?