Hey guys, I'll start with some background about me. I've lurked around here on and off for a few years when I first discovered lucid dreaming. I never really committed to RCing or WBTBing and was satisfied with increasing dream recall from 1 a week to 2-3 dreams on the average night. I never get nightmares and most of my dreams are enjoyable. last week I had 2 lucids and it really re-inspired me to work at lucidity again.
My issue has been this: The more effort I put into LDing the less I seem to get out of it. I first noticed this with autosuggestion, the nights I would fall asleep repeating mantra I would barely even recall a dream, much less get lucid, after attempting this for several days I would be disappointed and give up, then it seems I would receive the benefits of my efforts a few days late and my recall would get even better than before. Same with WILD attempts. Before now I had been happy to accept that chilling and just enjoying my recall was the best way about it, but I want to do more, I want to do better. This week I'll be RCing alot more, and I'll see how that goes, but I'd love your input on this dillema, or to hear about your similar experiences.

cheers, pizlo