Hi dreamview community, I learned about lucid dreaming about a year ago, and I was really really excited about trying it. I immediately bought the book "Exploring the world of lucid dreaming" after seeing some recommendations of it and read it thoroughly. I tried some of the techniques outlined in there with little to no success. I also have searched this site and others for sites and gave some half hearted attempts at using some techniques

I was in college during this whole time, and had some big exams for graduate school to study for amongst other things, so I was under some regular stress, and often simply wanted to sleep when I got to bed.

I find myself with a lot of time on my hand now, but a year later now I'm a little worn out on the idea, wondering if it's actually worth it to put in the effort to master this phenomena of the mind. So please inspire me in whatever manner you think possible, whether it is a simple argument on why I should, by sharing some experiences that you've encountered whilst lucid dreaming, or whatever manner you think of.