Hey there! I'm new here, relatively speaking (I've had an account for two years, but have only just started using it!) I've kept a dream journal for about two years, on an off, for stints of a few months, however, I have yet to have my first lucid dream.

I have had brushes with it, now and again, where I have sensed a vague awareness of dreaming and changed a particular circumstance accordingly, for example, I once had a dream where I had to cross a seemingly impassable broken bridge and I thought: This is a dream; I can just jump over the chasm!, and so I did, but I wasn't truly Aware

I try to put as much detail into my journal as possible; the only reason I ever stopped is because I sometimes lost heart with my continued failure to attain lucidity. It is obvious to me that I lack the proper talent to immediately attain lucidity, but I often have vivid dreams and I have good dream recall, however, despite attempting numerous techniques, I feel I am just too skeptical or perhaps nervous to truly manage the enlightened state of lucidity. I do admit that I am rather lax on reality checks. I also sometimes don't fill my dream journal in until a while after awakening, but I usually get the key points down.

Does anyone have any advice for me, bearing this information in mind? Although I have pursued the idea of lucid dreaming for over two years, and have read a fair bit of literature about it, I am still essentially an amateur, having never actually achieved the intended goal, and therefore, any advice at all would be very welcome.

Thanks!
Liolar