I have been journaling every morning for about 6 months, and have a good idea of the dream characters and locations that keep appearing in my dreams. The trouble is that I have not been able to become lucid when they appear. I do MILD before going to sleep "I will recognize my dream characters and dream locations the next time I dream" and variations on that, but no luck so far.

If you had a similar issue and were able to breakthrough, please share some great tips that will help me get over this hump. Thanks!