I've been lucid dreaming on and off for a decade. Usually, I'll have a period of a month or two where I'm actively attempting it -- reality checks, WBTB, journaling, etc -- and then I'll lose focus/get lazy/annoyed with disrupted sleep, and be satisfied with the occasional spontaneous dream for the rest of the year. I have 3-5 DILDs annually, but most of them are quite short. It's only when I actively WANT a lucid dream that I'll get one that lasts long enough to achieve some goal or what have you. WBTB can get results quickly, but I burn out on it.

My dream recall is poor right now, since I have not been placing a priority on it. It should improve within a couple weeks of journaling.

Sleeping Schedule:
- Normally aim for a bedtime between 10pm and 1am. Natural waking time: 9am-11am. Waking time for work: 5-6am.

Reality Checks:
- Pinch nose
- Count fingers
- Push finger through palm
- Read something/check time

Dream Signs:
- Meeting new relatives (nieces/nephews) after estrangement from family
- Can't walk/run, keep falling down
- Feeling rejected by peers; Dream-Me is excessively sensitive to this, apparently
- I'm hungry and all the available food has meat in it (am a vegetarian)
- Natural disasters, must evacuate town
- Being able to float or glide across the ground; I tend to show it off to DCs who can't do it
- Being in a classroom/school
- See old high school friends

Short-Term Goals:
- Excellent dream recall
- Have dreams that I feel emotionally present in, I'm not just an impartial witness to them
- Do an RC in a dream
- Fully explore senses once lucid, before doing anything else
- Maintain active interest in lucid dreaming for longer than one month

Long-Term Goals:
- Talk to DCs, learn their histories, get to know as many different "people" as my subconscious can come up with
- Ask DCs to tell me stories
- Have a dreamworld/DC best friend
- Learn how to control the dream environment
- Travel the universe