Hello all, I am an educated beginner, and this is my first post here. I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this, but I was wondering if any of you could help me out.
I came to discuss my situation. I have been attempting to gain the ability to lucid dream, and have failed for about a year straight. I have kept a dream journal, looked for dream signs, preformed reality checks, attempted MILD, WILD, WBTB, all to no avail. I really don’t know what to do at this point. I am hoping some of you can offer some advice to me, because I’m stumped. Hope we can work something out. 
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And I think you’re in the right place. 
Sounds like you’re pretty dedicated, that’s good. Here’s my advice:
Don’t let your failures so far get you down. That’s like LD poison! You must always keep a positive outlook.
Second: Just keep at it! But don’t let it rule your life. The metaphor I just used recently is that LDing is a spice, not the main dish. Write your dreams down daily, do what RCs you want to, but just roll with it. Always keep it in your mind, but in the back of your mind. It’s a spice, remember?
If you keep at it and improve your recall, not letting little failures blindside you, eventually you’ll have an LD and it’ll be awesome. 
dont think about it so hard. a lot of times people will just happen so just keep at it. this forum is very helpful and the people on it have some great advice. everyone here will be happy to help you 
good luck