For me, the biggest step in getting better at this was true relaxation. Stress, I feel, absolutely has the potential to kill recall. I know we all have responsibilities in life that we want to uphold. However, I don't let my responsibilities and what I do in my life bring me down or cause negative emotions in me (or at least I try my best not to hahaha). There'll be days when you're totally overwhelmed and that's fine. Just try your best each day and don't feel bad if one day you had so much on your plate you could not do everything you wanted.
The point is, just relax, have fun and enjoy the process of learning. It took me several weeks maybe a month or two before I was able to intentionally have a lucid dream. Read tutorials on dream recall and see if there are any areas you can improve as well. Keep at it with the RCs and DJs and try learning more about lucid dreaming with the tutorials on DV.
