Hey Bluekat, thanks for dropping by and sharing your experience. You know, I can actually relate to some of the things you are going through.

I don't think any of us is immune to feeling disappointed when the lds don't come as expected. However, we only have two choices - reorganize ourselves and our practices or abandon the quest for lucid dreaming altogether. And if one really needs dreams for one reason or another, then we just have to pull through and try to come up with innovative techniques to induce them (I don't mean drugs but induction techs ).

I think it will help for you to make some sort of monthly target of practices that you want to do each month and then try to meet that target. As the month goes by, you will see which of these practices give you results - make note not just of lds you have but dreams where one talks about lding, RCs and things like that. This will help you determine the way to go. Then the following month analyze the results and set new targets.

Looking forward to any ideas you have. You can do this Bluekat!