Happy New Year everyone!

One day last week I did at least 40 reality checks whenever I saw the colour blue. I wanted to dream about a tropical island, so I looked at some pictures of the beach and stuff as well. I thought I would see blue in my dreams and therefore become lucid.

However, the last dream I had (just before I woke up) was in a desert setting with no water in sight. I was in some kind of megastructure with one window through which I could not see the sky. The colour scheme was reds, oranges and yellows. It's like my mind showed me the opposite of what could have made me lucid.

Have you had a problem like this? How do you use "reverse psychology" on your own subconscious?
Thanks