I've been doing reality checks about 12 times daily for the past two days. I've been writing in my dream journal, at least two dreams a night for a month or so now. And I repeat "I will lucid dream tonight" for 5 mins before I go to sleep.

Last night I either experienced lucidity for the first time or, I dreamed i did. In the dream in question I was standing in an empty street and I though "hey, am I dreaming?!" So I did a reality check, put my index finger through my hand and then rubbed them together. Then I started to get excited and I felt it slipping away and I "woke up". The whole thing lasted about 10 seconds and it was in third person and blurry. I remember being excited when I "woke" but I can't tell if this was just me waking in a dream or me actually semi waking in real life. I mean the "lucid dream" could have just been conjoured from all the stuff I've read about them. It didn't feel particularly special, like it feels like a normal dream when I remember it. Also the weird part was, when I woke up this morning I was sure this possible lucid experience had happened yesterday!

Can any of ye shed some light on this? Was this my first lucid experience or just wishful dreaming? It was the only dream I could remember from last night.
Thanks for the help on previous posts and thanks in advance for any help on this