I had my first LD somewhere around a week after I heard of it.. (Not encouraging I know)...

But, I heard somewhere if you rely on techniques so much (DILD and WILD) then your not trying to LD your actually focused on just trying to do the techniques...

Look at the definition of LDing and then try it.. : "To become aware in a dream"... Be more aware in real life and then try LDing

I saw this guy's videos.. Two of them really stuck out to the topic I'm talking about.. He really gave me some ideas...

Part 6

Part 7

BTW.. The guy that made the video is the creator of the website: Lucidipedia.. Hope I helped