Problem: Lucid Dreams are Too Short and Low Level of Awareness?
Ever since I started to practice lucid dreaming, I have had a few lucid dreams but they are all short. Another problem is that when I am in a lucid dream, I don't have enough awareness of myself to do what I want. For example, I would like to fly in a lucid dream but when I am lucid I always do other things for some reason. If I could have more awareness (think clearly) while in a lucid dream then I would probably try to fly and do other things that I want. My lucid dreams are always short so maybe if they were longer I would eventually do all the things I want.
Does anyone have some advice on how to increase the length of my lucid dreams and increase my awareness of myself? If I just continue doing what I'm currently doing (reality checks and mantras), will the length of my lucid dreams and awareness increase eventually or do I need to do something more?