Today I woke up, fixed a huge coffee, and took it to school with me. I had class. It was one hourt. I left class. I got back. 2 hours later I was on my way to sleep. I saw a spoon. There WAS a spoon!
Enough for structural monotony as regards sentences. Point is, this has worked for me the past three times I've tried it, and all within the span of a week. I found that if I sleep regularly, about 6-8 hours, wake for 2-3 hours - during which I consume copious amounts of caffeine - and then crash, I instantly catapault into teh pre-lucid state. Today, for instance, I was almost asleep when visuals began playing around. It wasnt long before I was holding a spoon, tilting it just slightly and watching gold-flecked water move in the basin. I tested the physics of the water during the tilt, and it appeared to be every bit as real as I've ever seen in real life. nice thing was, I wasnt trying to control any of it, as in, I was in no danger of the dream breaking up. I was also at this time aware of my sleeping body, so it had this weird OBE element to it as well.
Anyone else tried the caffeine/sleep method? I know it works on my end, and I'll continue it, keeping it as my badge of lucid honor...I HAVE THE KEY!