Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
DafodilSum, you might need to come to terms with a core truth of LD'ing: Learning to successfully, consistently be self-aware (lucid) in your dream takes work; time and effort must be spent.

There are no "easier" techniques that bring about lucidity in the same manner that the hard or inconvenient ones do. If this were the case, then we'd all be doing those easy techniques and the harder ones would have long ago been left behind and forgotten. The best things in life are often difficult to obtain, and lucid dreaming is one of those best things.

That said, and if you're still reading, techniques like MILD, Reality Checks, journaling, setting intention, and WBTB might look complicated and difficult at first glance, but in reality they are pretty simple -- they just need some practice, and your willingness to invest some time and effort. I don't know what your issues are with WBTB, but it is literally no more complex, or difficult, than getting up after several hours' sleep, hanging out for a few minutes, and going back to bed; your personal reasons might make this impossible, I understand, but I thought I would mention this in case you picked up some bad information about WBTB elsewhere (God knows there's plenty of it about!). Oh, and for what it's worth, my personal recommendation is that you don't bother with ADA, because it might not be worth the effort.

Finally, being me, I must also mention that lucidity is less about the techniques than it is about mindset. More important than techniques, in my eyes, is learning, understanding, and making a part of your life the fundamentals of LD'ing: self-awareness, memory, and expectation/intention. Do that, and the techniques might be much easier to practice, or possibly not necessary at all. Of course, doing this takes time and effort as well!

If you really want to LD, then I highly recommend you try to make the decision to put in the time and effort needed to find and learn the techniques that work for you. There really are no shortcuts.
Thank you for saying what I wanted to say. And you said it perfectly.