Journey to Lucidity

Hey, newbie here.

To keep things simple, I'm just another person seeking a lucid dream, but it's very mind-blowing for me to even imagine having presence in such a thing. I first heard about it around a year back when the movie Inception was released. It truly amazes me, and I feel regret that I didn't put time into this before.

Now I know we dream every night, but I rarely remember my dreams, like twice a month. And it wasn't until a few days ago when I began to actually keep track of a dream journal and reality checks. These things seemed to help a bit with dream recall, and I hope for my dream recalls to reach a more vivid state by doing this kind of practice.

So here I am now, seeking advice and help. Which brings me to the problem that I faced with two nights ago. I attempted the WBTB and WILD methods, but whenever I tried to get to sleep paralysis, I'd end up reaching a "falling asleep" state but my leg or my arm would end up twitching and wake me up. This happened quite a few times, so I eventually just gave up and fell asleep, not recalling any dream in the morning.

I've read somewhere that this was due to inconsistent sleeping times, but I'm not too sure. Any clarification would be great, thanks.

And now my journey begins...

Hey there MindMagic,
Heh, your username is so relevant :D First of all, WELCOME! I'll start of with some tips to dream recall - it's excellent that you've started a dream journal, your dream memory is like a muscle, therefore, the more you use it, the better it becomes. Things that can hurt your ability to recall dreams are stress and lack of sleep. I'm not entirely sure why, but this is a common thing for all people. Things that can help you with overcoming stress are taking time out of your daily schedule to just take everything slowly. Just let your mind calm down and not worry about anything. Whether this is 10 minutes before bed or in the middle of the day, after lunch is entirely up to you.
Another thing you can do is meditate. If you're interesting in finding out more about meditation, there's a Dreamviews Academy class held my ShockWave. I will post a link of it right here. And for amount of sleep, this is something you should find out how much sleep you need at least to get decent recall. Personally, I like to have at least 7.5 hours sleep for good recall and 9 hours sleep to be decently rested. A consistent sleep schedule is also well recommended.
As for your WILD attempt - try and doing some stretches before your next WILD attempt

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them here or PM me.
Good luck!