Please excuse my post which MAY be interpreted as whining, but bare with me...

So, i have been attempting to LD, with varying degrees of effort (ranging from Trying hard every night, to forgetting for a week, but for the most part, I am just doing RC's and a bit of mind preperation before sleeping, and a dream journal). But with no Success.

I have been trying for, almost a year now, ever since I first heard about it. I've only had maybe three real "almost Lucid" dreams. Those include one where I walked around knowing I was dreaming, but not being able to do anyting out of the ordinary, one where I succeeded with a finger through the palm and woke up, and another where Irealized and woke up.

I keep talking to people, and I realize, a LOT more people than I knew, regularly LD naturally. This is quite irksome to me, and I am almost desperate here. The only real change since beginning has been better dream recall, and an annoying habit of sticking my finger into my palm, and holding my nose.

Any advice?