Help? I Hate Napping almost as Much as I Hate Mnemonics . . .

. . . and yet it seems that I'm guaranteed lucidity just about anytime I nap.

I don't have a job and therefore I can't buy any supplements that could help me achieve lucid dreaming, or at the very least enhance my regular dreams, and of course I don't do drugs or drink. However, I keep a dream journal by my bed and can usually remember two to three dreams per night (but I admit that the notion that people have any more than five dreams when they go to sleep is confusing for me--you know, one of those things that I'm just going to have to experience to really get), I practice reality checks, and I set my intentions beforehand. I've known about lucid dreaming since I was in the seventh grade, and in a few weeks' time I'll be entering my junior year--and I only have fourteen lucid dreams that I am aware of.

Now I won't lie and say that I've been completely faithful to all things lucid in those four years and so I understand that I can't say that I've shown an amazing amount of dedication. However, during the times that I am interested in lucidity, they usually last for weeks and even months. The impatience is probably a huge problem, maybe even the biggest enemy that I have on this subject, but I'm not sure how to get past it. From past experiences I can conclude that I'll be much more faithful to LD'ing if I can just have and remember one, and so I'm afraid that if I focus on nothing but dream recall (because, let's face it--if it's true that I can have up to ten or fifteen-plus dreams every time I go to sleep then of course I've had more than fourteen lucid dreams to date . . .) then I'll lose interest and the cycle will just keep going.

As I said above, I can't buy any type of supplements that might help, at least not in the nearest future, and all mnemonics are for me is a sure way to ensure insomnia for the night. If I take a nap them I know I'm going to have a lucid dream, but . . . I hate napping. :whyme:

Does anyone around here have any suggestions that I haven't tried? Maybe even a magical cure for the whole "napping" thing?

Supplements are not any kind of magic answer; I do not use any, so do not worry about that. Perhaps if you only get 6 hours sleep and then make yourself get up you will have better chances of napping. 14 LDs to date at your age is great. You have perhaps 60 or 70 more years to have them,,, assuming no improvement you may have over 300 just at your current rate,,, and you will improve, just keep it up.

Do there is no try.

I used to try and try and try and try. Which means that I read about different methods and the goal was to succeed with something.
This gave me some successes of course but even though I got them I wasn't happy. Why? Well because I wasn't enjoying what I was doing I was only looking for result, result, result. Some people do this with life as well, they try to become more popular, become successful in as many areas of their life.

This is good of course, but not when it consumes their whole mind.

What I am trying to do instead is to just enjoy the actions themselves. I have come to a point where I actually enjoy the lucid dreaming practise more than the actual lucid dreams. I just watched a movie called "The Peaceful Warrior" I really recommend it to you to "see" clear again. Here is one of the scenes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnzCeeAYT0

But what you should do is to find a lucid dreaming induction/ method you like in itself. And that will be the most effective lucid dreaming practise for you.

Both of your comments have helped me probably more than you realize, so thanks for commenting! I appreciate it. :)