Well, I think I'm making progress.

After all the techniques I've tried, and practicing for a very long time...I think I might be on to something.

The past couple times I got lucid from a WILD attempt, I lied down and almost lazily said "Fuck fancy techniques" and just used sheer willpower to convince myself that I was gonna be lucid. No mantra or anything, I just said once to myself "Okay, I'll be lucid."

This seems to have worked 2-3 times...however I don't ever recall a transition or intermediate of any kind. Its just a sort of blackout, and then I'm lucid at the very beginning of the dream.

Is that how its supposed to be? Regardless, it seems to be working, but I'm just curious!