A few times last week I decided I wanted to wake up during the night just to improve my dream recall and it worked very well, even found myself waking up out of habbit on days when I hadn’t intended to. That got me worried, what if I can’t stop this from happening 
but it was ok once the intention of waking was completely off my mind.
My last lucid dream was a MILD. I never thought it would work for me coz my mind usually does the opposite of what I want.