Unfortunetly I dont know much about this stuff other than what I have researched within the past year and experienced myself, so I probably cant be much more help.

But it sure sounds like you have the right attitude. After all, the only 'waking' time you are using is using a dream journal, and some occasional research and posting on user forums about this (I assume), so it's not like you are wasting alot of your time for nothing.

That is the attitude I try to have (although I do sometimes get fed up or even irrated that I have been trying to have a LD for a year and still cant). Still have to have a positive attitude