Originally Posted by sanctum
I really want to lucid dream. But I also want to be successful.
Are you sure? As FOrceez said already, you might want to take a deep breath and think quietly for a few minutes about whether this is the thing for you. Then, when you've reminded yourself that this is a thing you want to do...
Am I psyching myself out, expecting failure and so receiving it?
Yup.
Or should I try something different to start and then get into different techniques?
Probably. But instead of trying new techniques, why not consider trying less often? With the occasional exception of a month or so of deep immersion, I usually limit my LD'ing sessions to once or twice a week. Given that I like/need sleep (full-on LD's exhaust me), that I have waking life matters to deal with, and that, as you've discovered, making the attempt every morning might reduce it from an exciting event to a tedious routine. You might consider trying to LD just once or twice a week, and make a big deal of it -- prepare all day the day before, make the WBTB an important moment, and not a nuisance, and when you set your intent make it mean something (much easier if the "dive" is a weekly event rather than a daily trial).
LD'ing is all about attitude...if your attitude shifts to negative, you'll never get in.
P.S. Forgot to mention: to build and maintain that attitude, you might consider following Quietus' excellent suggestion -- it'll help.
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