My dream recall is great. Where do I go from here?

Hi, I have been getting into the world of lucid dreaming for about 3 months now, however I am struggling to find consistency/build on any progress. I know I am capable of Lucid dreaming, as I use to do so naturally as a child for as long as I can remember. I still am in good contact with my dreams, and have good dream recall (some mornings I can recall as much as 500 words across multiple dreams), however I don't know how to create a lucid dream. My dreams are much more complex then they use to be (when I was younger, most of my dreams would involve the world ending [which was my biggest fear], causing me to recognize I was dreaming), and I am finding it difficult to recognize my state of consciousness while dreaming. Lastly, I have tried FILD a million times to no sucess, and I usually wake up 4-6 hours after going to sleep every night to write in my journal (which helps my recall a lot). So, my question is what should I do to better recognize my state, and what should I try to induce LD's during my nightly wake ups?