Since starting to try to LD again, I tried WBTB once and it worked, giving me my first intentional lucid dream in 5 years. When I used to LD, and now, reality checks seem to work really well for me. Getting excited about lucid dreaming, and thinking about it a lot, going on this forum, probably helps a lot too.

The WILD technique has never worked for me. Falling asleep and losing awareness seem to go necessarily together.