i usually put effort into lucid dreaming and sometimes i put too much in. whenever i have a lucid it's really easy like i didnt mean to and it just happened. lucid dreaming should be easy, just try to give your mind a little nudge in the direction for lucids and dont worry so much about methods and boosters for a little while and see if it works. another thing that works for me is if i am able to wake up without moving, i do a FILD to enter a dream and chain it with DEILD. it works good but it is situational.