Hey! im new to the forums and this is the first topic i am posting. I have been attempting and experiencing lucid dreaming for about a half year. I have had about 7 lucid dreams, but only 2-3 of them were actually good. Bur i have realized two things that i do not get:

1. In the past 4 weeks, i have ld' d or have had extremely vivid dreams on thursday nights. I do not know why because thursday night is like any other night in the week. All the other days of the week carry either normal, bland dreams, with very foggy recolection.
How do you think i can help myself dream every other night normally?

2. When I DO Ld, I have very brief experiences, and even when i wake up, sometimes i don't even feel like i had a very significant dream. I know this question had probably been asked many times, but how do you make an Ld last long than 2 minutes or not forget that i am in an ld?

I am glad that i can share these questions with you guys, and i am very interested in pursuing a better dreaming lifestyle