Seeking Advice

[DMTisYOU]

So I've talked about this a little with a friend of mine who is a member of this forum (rynkrt3), but it's easier to explain things in a single post on a forum than multiple short messages on facebook. Also, I'd like to see other people's views on the matter. rynkrt3 was telling me about how he uses a mantra and SSILD for his technique. He goes to sleep quickly, so he can just focus on his senses until he goes to sleep. This would take a lot of practice for me, because I've tried focusing on senses for meditation many times, but I just can't clear my head. My mind is always running at full speed, always distracting itself. I have briefly calmed it down during my meditation attempts, but it never lasts long. I plan to learn how to meditate effectively some day, even moreso now that I know it can help with lucid dreaming. EDIT: Also, I think it's important to mention that it usually takes me anywhere from 1-3 hours to go to sleep, sometimes longer. Anyway... The point of this post is to tell you guys a little about myself so you can give me personalized advice, helping me to determine the best LD technique for me. I've had 3 accidental DILD's in the past year, which is what initially spurred my interest in lucid dreaming. I started a dream journal well before my first LD, but the purpose of the journal then was to hopefully notice patterns in my dreams that would help me figure out how my subconscious mind works. It has helped to some degree in that regard, but now my interest has shifted mainly to lucidity. Aside from that, I take walks through the woods all the time, and have made it a habit to keep aware of my surroundings while I'm out. I didn't know what ADA was until two days ago, but ADA is pretty much the same thing I do when I go walking. Perhaps that's why I had those DILD's. It's a theory, anyway. So now, after talking to rynkrt3 about this for a while, more frequent awareness exercises and habitual RC's seem to be the way to go for me. I plan to practice awareness a few times every day, working my way up to true ADA over time. As for the RC's, I don't really know how I should go about it. I'll leave that open for suggestion.