Seven months ago i got seriously interested in lucid dreaming and worked with it constantly, and had moderate success, but i got too busy and stopped working on it but am picking it up again but having a hard time.

I find myself somewhat aware that i am dreaming, but it never clicks. I remember myself thinking, if you think about that, it will happen, since this is a dream, but i dont become lucid. Same thing happens when i find myself waking up, i think, focus on the dream and stay in it, but i dont become lucid.

Is there a way to correct this?

Also, i have never liked wilds, or used them. But the last few nights i have found myself falling asleep with vague images and thoughts and then i snap awake and wonder why those were happening cause they were completely random, is that the beginning of a wild? If i focused could i put myself in the dream?