Thread: I can't ever stay on lucid dreaming long enough to get anywhere

I've been on and off trying to lucid dream for about four years. I've tried practicing a bunch of different ways, but I can't ever make any real progress.

The big problem is that I either have too much enthusiasm or too little enthusiasm. When I first started I was really excited for a few weeks, but eventually I kept giving up, then trying to start again later. During that time I tried to do a bunch of techniques at once to increase my odds of getting a lucid dream.

After a while I caught on to the fact that I was just going to give up, so now I just do two things, write in my dream journal and try to think about lucid dreaming before I go to sleep. Some people told me that I should just keep it simple so I don't get burnt out, but now it seems like I've been having less than ever. I only get about 1 every 6 months, and it's not anything special either, usually everything feels so blurry and unstable that I can't do anything in the dream.

It seems like if I have any excitement about it, the excitement dies off after a few weeks of not getting anywhere, and if I don't, lucid dreaming isn't on my mind enough for it to happen

I always see that the really good lucid dreamers on here enjoy to practice and write in a dream journal, but to be honest, for me it feels like a chore. That is probably part of the reason I never get anywhere

And don't get me wrong, I do want to be able to do this. It's one of my biggest goals.

Basically what I'm asking is how to find some way to progress steadily when I can't get an in-between level of enthusiasm