So i have yet to get a LD. But i am very VERY good at knowing when i wake up, so i can almost every night attempt to DEILD.

But i have a problem, I don't know what to think about when im laying still tryling to relax/not move. I know people say to start thinking of a place you want to dream about but i have trouble doing that; I also start to think "finally im about to LD" and all that stuff and i think i get excited and i fail it.

Today i was in the middle of a awesome dream (Non-LD) and the phone rang, I was awoken but i knew instantly that I had just woken up from a dream. So i layed still, relaxed and felt like my body was about to enter sleep mode again. I started to try and clear my mind of all thought (i want my mind to make its own dream i don't care about the setting of my 1st LD), and i started to feel "light". I also at this point started my usual thinking "I'm about to enter a LD!" and as soon as i did, i felt like my mind and body found out i was still awake and snapped me out of it. After this i layed still for about 1-2 minutes and gave up.

So any tips on how to help me? what do i think about? How do i train myself not to think about entering my 1st ever LD. This is like the 10th time in 2 weeks i know when i awake from a dream and i just CANT seem to get this down.