For some reason, the first night I looked into lucid dreaming, I actually became lucid for a short period of time. It's been a week or two and I haven't even come close. Any ideas/comments?

In addition, I think it would be great if someone who knows what they're talking about would make a basic post outlining the different methods to become lucid, like MILD, WILD, Looking for dream signs, subliminal messages (?), having a message during the night, etc.

Help appreciated.