I posted a reply this morning but it didn't seem to go through - did my RCs at the time and I don't think I was dreaming

Thanks again for your replies - they are a great help. I unfortunately didn't have any dream recollection last night as I wasn't feeling well, so I ended up having a very scattered sleep. Attempting to WILD made my headache worse, so I gave up after a while to just try to sleep. It did give me a little time to reflect, however, and I've just got a couple of questions about WILDs:

1) What is the best thing to do with your mind whilst attempting a WILD? I've read several sources that say it's good to just focus on breathing and notice changes in body sensations (HI, onset of atonia etc.), some say repeat a mantra and others say proceed with visualisation and dream incubation. I've tried visualisation/incubation - this usually also happens when I repeat a mantra as the mantra, to me, implies the concoction of the dream - and my conscious seems to become a little too stimulated/excited at the prospect of lucid dreaming. Is it just a case of needing to keep relaxing for the incubation to be more successful, or should I try just focussing on breathing? (I think just focussing on breathing makes it too easy to lose your consciousness, without lots more meditation practice!)

2) I've had a couple of goes at a finger-induced LD and found that they weren't successful, although the technique appears to have a lot of endorsement amongst the community. This has always been after a 5 minutes (or so) WBTB session of getting up and having a glass of water. Is the FILD technique better to do immediately after waking without "waking up" your conscious mind as much?

As an aside, I saw someone this morning at work walking into the office looking around and pinching his nose. I think I spotted a fellow lucid dreamer!