Hi!
Im now registered on ths forum so i can ask you for some opinions.
I started to (3rd time, 1st and 2nd i gave up) increase my recall and awareness a few weeks ago but i wasn't really persistent every day. Sometimes few days passed abd i did nothing, not a single rc or anything else. Last few days I'm more persistent and i began to write a dream journal.
Im trying to do it every day but that journal is the hardest thing to me. I often forget to write it or i don't remember any dreams at all.
My routine is doing few rcs over the day (4+), fingers through palm and breathing through a plugged nose and asking myself if I'm dreaming. Then, when i go to bed, i usually repeat I'll remember my dreams and that i will be aware. I wake up naturally at night, 3-5AM. Then i stay awake 20-60 mminutes, repeat the same as before and go try wild. I had 2 dream induced lds but not with reality checking. It just happened. One lasted maybe 10 sec because i got over excited, that one was maybe a month ago, that was about the same time as i completely gave up from trying it. Now im into it again and i had one more which lasted about 2 minutes because i did that palm to palm rubbing to focus. This was 2 days ago. Yesterday i almost had a wild, i fell asleep aware but i didnt imagine a scenery well, ended up with bad start of a dream, got scared, woke up. No sleep paralysis though.

I also remember that during 2 dilds i was aware of the fact that im dreaming and i had influence on dream. But as the time passes im starting to think that i was not that aware and that i didn't control the dream. But the moment i woke up from it i was sure that i did. Idk whats happening, is this normal?

What can i do to improve awareness, recall, and how often it happens?