So close!

For now, [How to prolong LD?)
and dreaminglucid.com/crucial.html, or you can look in the “Prolonging dreams” guide by Sandra.

Also, [Gratefulness as a lucid factor) you really should be grateful if you got conscious, so that you will be geared torwards getting more.

And about the alarm clock, that happens to me too; resolve to get up (at least leave the pillow with your head :tongue:), then think about what you want to do. If you fall asleep that fast, moreover, you could get successful in WILD in few tries ^^