Well, the first thing obviously is to remain calm, because your adrenaline from excitement will wake you up. You could work on All Day Awareness, and that would help you not only to become lucid, but to use your senses more and therefore have an easier time becoming stable. Another thing that might be taken into effect, is how far along in the REM cycle you are when you become lucid. I've had multiple times when I've become lucid at the end of the cycle, and ended up just sitting there and performing a DEILD. For me, personally, rubbing the hands together works a few times, also feeling other textures and just using all the senses. As for recall... Everyone should always be working on that.

You could go to bed thinking "I WILL have a vivid LD tonight!" and surprisingly, it works a lot of the time. Also don't try to stabilize, just do it. Have faith in yourself.