Greetings to all of you,

I'm gonna tell you about the stuff I found out lately.
During my last 2 month dryspell period I started to analyze everything I ever did to achieve lucid dreams and noticed some really interesting things. You know, I had the usual periods of trying out new techniques with success but almost all techniques stopped working after about 1-2 weeks of trying them. So I started to wonder why this happens. Even the techniques I invented on my own stopped working at some point.
After many nights of analyzing the stuff I tried, some behaviour patterns showed up. Every time I tried a new technique I was psyched and motivated like hell. But after 1-2 weeks I got lazy and didn't use my full effort anymore.

There's another thing that bugged me.
Lately there's much stuff floating around DV telling that intent is the key to have frequent Dilds. While I agree that intent is necessary, I noticed for myself that this also brings up lots of doubts. If you are a person like me with no self-confidence at all, saying to yourself "I will have a lucid dream" with intent is almost impossible.
Even in the very first five seconds of saying this the first doubt will pop up.
"What if I don't get lucid?"
Well, with this thought in mind the chance to get lucid is pretty low. So last night I thought about this a little and noticed something really interesting:
Back then when I started with LD I also had no intent. Yet, I had many Dilds. Why?
I had the will to give it all I got until I have a lucid dream.
And this thought feels much more comfortable for a person with no self-confidence.
Just think like this: "I'm going to give my full effort and keep trying until I get lucid"
Maybe you start to think like "And what if I don't get lucid?". Well, who cares?
With this mindset, you're not going to give up until you have one.
And even if there's only a 1% chance of getting lucid, isn't it worth trying anyway?
If you still need to be convinced that Lucid Dreams are worth the effort, you're doing something wrong.

When I realized this last night, I went to bed with this mindset. Guess what? I broke my 2 month dryspell! And I had no 'intent' because after such a long dryspell it's almost impossible to believe that you can have LD's at will. I also didn't do RC's for a very long time. Still, I got lucid.
Even though I don't have that much confidence there's one thing that everyone should have when trying to have lucid dreams: Burning ambition

So what if you failed many weeks in a row? So what if you never had a LD before?
So what if you don't get much sleep or if you are sick?

All these things are just excuses you give yourself so you don't have to accept the truth that you lack the motivation to give it all it takes just to reach your goal.
Don't think that you can get lucid dreams for free. It's just like learning to play the guitar: It takes effort!

Right now, if you feel scared of the thought that it takes effort to have awesome lucid dreams, there's only one thing I can say: Quit being a wussy

Thank you for your attention.
Katsuno