I've been snooping around this site for a while now haha and i've been looking at what techniques I could use to get lucid intentionally.
These past few months, I've been getting lucid naturally. They didn't last long because I was so surprised that I woke up almost every time. This hasn't happened to me since I was 13 and had nightmares constantly. After the night terrors stopped, I never became aware that I was lucid , and I didn't have very many vivid dreams in general. But that was 5 years ago.
I now have my dream recall back up and I'm recording my dreams in my dream journal. Lately I've been interested in Sleep Paralysis though. But I have some questions about SP:

When is it best to try SP?

When trying SP at night, can I just do it right away? Or do I need to sleep a couple hours first?

Can someone post or point me to a simplified Sleep Paralysis tutorial?

Thanks for everything, guys! Later.
J