Oh, that's good! I'm happy you understood and actually explained it way better than I did!

Anyway I have considered to raise my goals after reading brandonboss' new thread BB's Ideas, Thoughts, and Ramblings. I am aiming for two LDs every night now in order to really affirm my will of raising my consistency (if I fail that's no problem. I just want to get across the message to my subconscious mind and assure that I will eventually get there)! I also like his idea of primarily focusing on one goal (for instance increasing the amount of LDs you regularly have instead of trying to focus on many things at once like having two LDs, accomplishing this and that, etc...). May I ask how many LDs you have per day/week/month whatever. I am really curious - sorry if that's a little too pushy.
Sounds good! I like BB's idea of shooting for the stars. I remember he actually said this in a thread. Definitely, try to get as many lds as possible. The trick indeed is not to get disappointed but keep on trying. For 2013, I averaged 18 lds a month. There have been lots of fluctuations, depending on all sorts of stuff but during my best months I did a lot of daily practice plus wbtb (and was also woken up involuntarily - I think we had some guests staying again, so this led to more wbtbs). Also, there was a competition going in one of the months which was very motivating and that helped too.

Last night I went to bed with the intent of waking up several times after dreams and I actually managed to wake up twice with my eyes closed (which is good for DEILDs as I have heard), but I just fell asleep after a minute or so... I am not directly striving for a DEILD but if waking up with closed eyes becomes something regular now I shall at some point be able to actually induce a LD
Nice! Intent is extemely important if not the most important thing in lding. If you manage to learn to wake up by willing it like that, this opens up opportunities for deilds or wbtbs, where you can additionally reaffirm your intent of having a lucid dream.

Good luck with your practice and sweet dreams!