Hi Jhawk! Welcome to the community. I'm knew here to, and haven't had my first LD yet (first since my childhood I mean). I wish you the best of luck. If you can't get lucid using traditional methods, you might use the Clock Induced Lucid Dream method where you train yourself to wake up 90 minutes early for a whole week then on the 8th day sleep your normal time, while on the ninth waking up 90 minutes early again. It doesn't rely on RCs, intentions or visualizations, just confusing your body to become conscious while it is still dreaming.