Well I'll be able to help you with starting off , what I did to start having lucid dreams is whenever something strange happens (or if you come across a dream sign), do a few reality checks, it might also be able to observe your surroundings if the reality checks failed and your still suspicious of your "reality", sometimes you may come across another thing that just isn't quite right.

Also to answer your other question I have had a dream journal for 2 months but only really attempted lucid dreaming 45ish days ago, and I get a LD about once every 7-10days

Well, good luck with future lucid dreaming attempts