Wow...Well, uh I'm very new to this and I've been trying to become lucid for a few days...I find it very fascinating. I have not been successful yet...because the first night I was so excited and expectant that I was so disappointed when nothing happened (and on top of THAT I didn't even remember a normal dream)

Then last night (my second night) I was also unsuccessful. This is how it went:

I went to bed at 10:30pm and I listened to binaural beats for about 45 minutes before that. I also turned off all technology as well an hour before hand which is what another article advised. I went to bed in complete darkness and went to sleep like usual.

I told myself, "I WILL have a lucid dream tonight" repeatedly and then I set an alarm for 4:40am.

When I woke up at the alarm, I stayed up for about maybe 10 minutes...? Then I layed still and successfully went into sleep paralysis, and tried to relax.

...Eventually the sleep paralysis got REALLY uncomfortable, so I had to wake my body up and sleep in a "roll over" position.

And for once I DID dream, but I did not become lucid...*cries*

I managed to remember two regular dreams... but nothing special unfortunately...

I know these things take time and I should be patient, so I've tried doing reality checks all day today and even drew a picture of a landscape I am hoping for in my lucid dream.. But it's hard to tell what will work...

It's just, I hear stories about these people saying lucid dreaming is so fun and easy for them...*sigh* but really I'm just praying for one...that's really what I've been putting my mind to.

So the basic idea of what I should do tonight is set an alarm just like I did before, only this time do "cycles" to relax the senses and don't try to be still and strain myself, right?

Hmm..I guess what I don't understand is HOW I'm supposed to know when I'm dreaming Ya'know? It seems like it's gonna be hard to let my body sleep but keep my mind awake... People say you just "pop" into the dream just like that, but is that all really true? Do the imagery behind your eyelids form into something? That's what I've heard at least...I guess I don't understand the transition and how it all works...How REAL is it? Is it just like real life? Where will I "wake up" ? I guess I'm just so confused on how it all works...haha