This is all still very preliminary, but after managing to get my LD's to come about once a week I believe I'm beginning to notice a cycle:

1) Dedicated Dream Journaling, Reality Checking; generally focusing entirely on LD throughout the day.

2) After several days, my non-lucid dreams begin to contain LD elements (shouting "Clarity Now!", practicing techniques, etc.)

3) Hit a wall of frustration, and quit.

4) Lucid Dreaming on the following night (or a night later).

My current difficulty is that the last two LD's following this pattern ended immediately after realizing I was Lucid, resulting in full awakening.

Thanks to Dream Journaling, I discovered that these last two LD's occured during afternoon naps, both of almost exactly 90 mins. duration.

Could it be that my being otherwise well-rested is affecting the quality of control or duration of these recent "nap" LD's? From what I've read, 90 mins. is about the time it takes to enter REM, and I think the naps are sort of "shallower" sleep that is easier to be startled out of (...and perhaps should be discontinued?). Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

- Legend