Update: Since the original post I've had ~15 LDs, which is great for me! Also, this weekend I had my first ever successful WILD attempt, and a lot of DEILD chains! I also accomplished some of the goals I mentioned:

Short-Term Goals:
Become lucid at least once a week, every week [DONE (each week since)]
Have a two minute lucid dream before Halloween [DONE]
Long-Term Goals:
WILD successfully once in 2018 [DONE]

My techniques and routine are much the same as I mentioned above, except it's a bit more lax now that the ball's rolling. When I was first getting back into LDing, I was pretty strict about habits, but after reading an old post by sensei, I've realized that it's not the techniques that matter but simply getting yourself in the right state. The biggest thing for me is believing that I'll become lucid tonight and holding on to the feeling. I also have "awareness bursts" at least 3 times a day when I go on walks with my dog, and especially in the evening right before bed. My mantras have become shorter, I really just repeat them every night once or twice, with absolute intention. My dream signs have become more apparent, namely my fiancee and my childhood home. But dream signs and reality checks aren't what gets me lucid, in reality it's always just my heightened awareness that gets me there; I mostly LD in the morning right before or after naturally WBTBing (no alarm), so that's the biggest thing for me.

My next big dream goal is to incubate and/or teleport to a specific dream world which I'll post about one day when I finally get there.