I found out about lucid dreaming about 4 years ago, but was never able to get it to work until around Christmas of 2009. When I was first learning I kept trying WILD (like it seems all beginners do) and lost interest after a month of failure. Now I find that techniques like RCILD, MILD and chaining work pretty well for me. In the end I think it all comes down to finding the tech that works best for you.