Hey everyone!

So, I've only been activly attempting lucid dreamining for about three weeks, and as far as I remeber, I have never experienced a lucid dream in my life. That being said, last night before going to sleep, I attempted a WILD technique where you count to yourself, "One, I'm dreaming...Two, I'm dreaming" and so on. I made it to around thirty-eight and lost the ability to conciously focus on counting anymore. More or less a minute after I stopped counting, I found myself gaining conciousness while my body went to sleep. The feeling was exhilerating and my heart raced while I counted excitedly, "Seventy, I'm dreaming!...Eighty, I'm dreaming!" When I calmed down a few seconds later, I found myself facing a darkness filled with low-level geometric visions. Being concious, I attempted to look down at my hands, but nothing appeared. Approximatly thirty seconds within this state, the geometric images began to fade and I gave up and drifted off to sleep.

I don't have a specific question, I would just like someone with experience to analyze the situation and tell me what happened and what I should do next time to possibly initiate a lucid dream.

Thanks!