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Well, in fact I have "let go" (of WILD). I just stopped trying to WILD at all. And unfortunately, WILDs did not start falling out of the sky magically. With WILDs, you at least have to wake up and decide to try. I got so tired of being awake at night that I don't even WBTB now.

However, I have not let go of desiring LDs, or recalling dreams. I do set intention every night to LD. Very very rarely will I "take a night off." I suppose I have a fear that if I don't try, I won't achieve them.

The good news is for me that my recall stays fairly strong, and in fact vividness and presence in non-lucids seems to stay on the increase gradually over time with my daytime mindfulness efforts. I think that with this increase, I "should" be lucid (DILD) a lot more….yet I'm not.

Maybe I am trying too hard in general. This is something I have not fully examined yet. It will of course be the height of irony if this is the answer to my wracking my brains asking "what am I missing? What more should I be doing?" Maybe the answer is I need to do "more" of "less." .

Something that does lend credence to this "do less" is that my biggest calendar month of LDing was last summer when I was having a really great time just enjoying life. I also had an extremely regular sleep schedule. Now, bedtime can vary by 2-3 hours every night. That's probably not helping me.

And by the way, you already know the answer. You know what you have to do deep within your heart. You just have to listen to yourself instead of being influenced by external information

Hmm. Maybe. I'm trying so many different things, I'm not sure what my heart is telling me.
A couple of things I'm pretty sure it's telling me are: meditate daily, get to a very regular sleep schedule, and develop confidence. I tend to be a bit negative at times regarding personal progress, can be very driven and intense in the things that interest me. Pulling confidence out of the air is not easy for me. But I'll keep at it. Any other advice greatly appreciated .