I want to become a proficient lucid dreamer so much, yet i am always stymied by a lack of motivation. A couple summers ago, i "got into it" and had a couple lucid dreams, but eventually i stopped writing down my dreams and it faded away. Since then ive tried getting back into it again a couple times, yet each time i eventually stop persisting it. Most recently i just cant seem to remember my dreams frequently. I gave myself the goal of just remembering my dreams daily, and it worked for about 2 weeks but then it stopped, and now i only remember them occasionally. Does anyone know of ways to keep yourself motivated?

Another thing i tried was getting up an hour early, reading a book, then returning to sleep for an hour. This proved to be a good technique for dream recall, and it helped my motivation by giving myself a clear intention everyday, yet the problem was, i was going to bed at 9 and waking up at 4:30 in the morning. I would do this every weekday, and then when the weekends came, i would stay up until 12-1ish. Then when monday came again, i wouldnt be able to fall asleep unitl later, and wouldnt be able to get up at 430, for tiredness..... So what i do ! do i trade my social life for my dream life? ahhhh i am lost on what to do, any advice is greatly appreciated