It's all subjective, but I say yes. There's other ways of having LDs, though. You don't have to just MILD before you fall asleep, focusing on your mantra instead of what you did that day, how to make tomorrow awesome, etc. Give yourself the time when you fall asleep to just lay there and let your mind wander. It sounds like it may be time to try another method. Personally, I love MILD and have had great success with it, but I rarely have success when I first fall asleep. I like to set a WBTB several hours after I fall asleep. Wake up, not necessarily even get out of bed and do a true WBTB, but I always use this time to perform another MILD. At this point, I'm tired, I want to fall asleep, and for you, you've given your mind time to wander and think about whatever you want to think about. Give yourself a couple minutes now to focus on LDing.
The nice thing about combining a WBTB with something is you're more tired, you've been asleep already, and you'll more readily return to it. Everything goes faster and feels like it requires less effort; you don't want to put a lot of effort into it because your tired, but use that to your advantage. Just use a simple mantra, "I will lucid dream" or even just think about what you want to dream about, and float off into the dream. I find that sometimes I WILD on accident because I just drift off so quickly, but the tranquil state of mind you're in helps more than you'd think.
Another thing you could try doing is meditating, or at least thinking about your past/future at other times of the day. Take your lunch break or free period to just sit/lay down comfortably and calmly and just let your mind wander. Meditating doesn't have to be emptying your mind and reaching a state of "zen" like many people think, it's just a time you give yourself to let the mind do whatever it wants. It's a great way to relax, relieve stress, or accomplish whatever you want to, without necessarily hurting your LDs.
Remember back on your LDs and think of future LDs you'd like to have. Remember that feeling of exhilaration after performing a successful RC, becoming lucid and having limitless possibilities. I find that always motivates me to want to lucid dream. When people ask "is it worth it" I always say yes. No matter who you are or what you enjoy doing, lucid dreams have endless possibilities to create whatever scenarios you'd like. You could even test out future scenarios/deal with past mistakes in the dream
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