Can't get fully lucid for the life of me

I decided last night to try to MILD because ive never tried it before. I was up pretty late so when i started saying "i will have a lucid dream tonight" i fell asleep after only saying it about 5 times. In the dream everything was all twirly and i saw my dog and my room twisted and upside down so i said clarity and it went black, then i was in my room alone. I have 2 questions about this though.

1. I wasn't fully lucid, because in the dream i didn't do all the commands, thinking and RC's i should have (it didn't feel fully lucid).

2. Since this kind of worked the first night. I'm going to try it for 3 weeks, but if it doesn't work again, does that count as a successful method and i should go past that 3 weeks? or should i move to another method to try?

A friend of mine wrote down on paper 300 times, once per day, 'Tonight when Im dreaming I will realise that Im dreaming'

It took a month for his mnemonic to work.

I would try all the methods... or invent one of your own. Eventually you will find something that works for you. :shadewink:

It is definitely worth trying a technique for longer than 3 weeks. Especially MILD can take a bit longer to settle. That being said, you tried it and had immediate succes, plus you've had succes with it before. I don't think there is a need to worry about it not being effective, that can only have a negative effect on the results. But yes, with MILD I certainly recommend testing it for more than 3 weeks.

Ofcourse, if the technique feels uncomfortable, there is no need to keep going. LDing mustn't become a bother, it must be something both fun to do and fun to try to reach. That way, it won't be like 'damn another fail, now I need to work hard again without results so far', but rather 'hmm no lucid, well nevermind, i'll just go for it again with the epic ...technique :D'. Never ever let LDing become a bother.

I believe it counts as a lucid or semi lucid. I mean, you shouted the word Clarity, right? Didn't you do that because you knew you were dreaming?

I think it's good that you want to try this technique for a while and test its results. I'm not that familiar with the MILD technique, so I don't really have any advice other than don't give up. And like Spyguy said, even a small success is something to celebrate, not an inconvenience. We are lucky to be able to do such a thing, to become aware that we are dreaming, while we are dreaming.

Best of luck! Continue to post your results.