It does seem like you have a level of consistency already IndigoRose.
It seems like you think your level of consistency as of now is low-level because you are only getting 3 dreams per night and few lucids. For me, I think some dreams are so impactful, I need a lot of time to think about them so three dreams per night is a lot if you create a bond with your dreams. For example, I'm still thinking about a dream I had one week or two weeks ago that I posted. And I connect that dream to other dreams I've been having since and dreams I've had before. And I'm really not done thinking about it. I remember I use to be able to get 7 dreams per night pretty consistently but it was a lot of time spent to write them down, some were mostly fragments. When I get an impactful dream that I have to think about a lot, I'm really fine with having no recall the next day even, thinking, there's no point spamming my brain with memories.
But here's the main point I want to get to about lucid dreaming. I think we are fast to categorize dreams as non-lucids and lucids. I think we are conscious in both those types of dreams. Lucids have that extra meta moment where you become mindful of the fact that you are dreaming. You can have those moments in life and daydreaming, reading a book or watching TV but these moments don't add so much meaning to those events in themselves. So anyway, I think the line between non-lucid/lucid can be blurred constructively. And that's where visualization and daydreaming come in for me.
First step: dream recall: revisit your dreams.
Second step: lucid daydream: as you visit this memory, become aware that you are simply daydreaming/visualizing and go from there.
The goal is, first of, I think daydreaming/visualizing is fascinating in its own right. There is this same duality as in dreams of your subconscious mind forming things all on its own and you directing that creation. You can let go of the control let your mind do most of the job. In that case, you need to learn to value chaos. I think there's a lot to learn there about lucid dreaming. I see a lot of people wanting this perfect reality emulated in dreams with no holes, but if you learn to love visualizing, and orienting yourself in that experience, you will also learn to be orient yourself in a dream.
So, I like to orient those lucid daydreams around dreams I've had and recurring dream themes. As I visit them, I try to find how they are meaningful to me. Ok, let's say I'm talking about my restaurant theme I posted recently where in my dreams I'm always stingy, well, in my lucid daydream, I don't just think "it's a daydream, I can do anything." Instead I think "I'm in a daydream and how is my stinginess meaningful to me?" And I can visit many memories that are linked to that feeling and come back and think how do I want to respond to this event in a meaningful way. In my lucid daydream, I manifested a feeling of ease with spending and I started spending, buying food at restaurants. In my following dreams in the week, a new trend appeared where I was spending at restaurants and participating in local markets.
Personally, I find a lot of satisfaction out of this kind of dream exploration. See how doing this, I changed my non-lucid dreams. It's a dream practice rooted in mindfulness just like lucid dreaming, and it can make that time in between lucid dreams very satisfying!
I'm in a rush, so I'll leave these ideas as they are even though I feel like I could write more or clarify things but I have to go, good luck!
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You say you don't like RC or ADA. What about simply taking a moment or moments throughout the day to be particularly mindful. And without the crazy expectation to focus your awareness on 100 things at all time. Meditation is a good idea and if you want to be consistent with it without taking an extra moment of every day to do nothing, I like to think you can pair meditation with many other activities. If meditation is about focusing on your breath or observing your thoughts, you can do those things as you walk or wash the dishes really.
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