Help ?

Im new to lucid dreaming and just need some pointers to help get me started. I have a dream journal which i stopped for a while but recently started again this week. The problem im having is realizing im in a dream when im dreaming.. Because when i wake up, theres so many oddities that shouldve be screaming out to me "HEY! this isnt normal, become lucid!" But it never works for me. It doesnt click in my head that im dreaming until after i wake up, and im like "damn, how could i not have realized im dreaming if i was doing so and so.." So any help would be greatly appreciated :)
-Thanks in advance

It's just practice and perseverance - it can take more than a week.

Keeping a DJ is excellent, don't let that slip! Keep it up.

You will have times when you don't realise you're dreaming, hey, I nearly every night DREAM about talking about lucid dreaming, and trying to WILD, and I still don't get lucid! Being more aware in the day can help with this, but I think sometimes my mind is just too tired, or too asleep to wake up and become lucid.

Practicing ADA in the day will help this greatly, and always practice reality checks in the day, so you can do them in your dream to know you are dreaming.

Good luck!

Yup^^. I think all you need is more daytime awarness training. Here are some threads:
SAT
DILD - mantras, RCs, awareness, DJ
awareness explanation

Happy dreams:alien: