I just bought a book on lucid dreaming. Last night was the first time I recorded my dreams (as soon as I woke up). I know it usually takes a lot of time to start getting lucid dreams, so I haven't tried everything yet. Just wanted to ask you all something:

Most of the time my dreams, like the ones I had last night, fly by so fast. Not only that, but recently I've been having boring dreams; nothing magical or unreal which makes it hard to believe I'm dreaming.

If I don't have time to think, or I just don't see anything unreal, how can I induce a lucid dream? Maybe I just need some more time? I'm going to try the "counting" method tonight where you keep counting and saying "I'm dreaming" after each number.

Thanks.