Thread: Is it a bad idea to close your eyes while you try to start flying?

I experimented with this a little bit in a lucid dream I had last night, and I wonder what you think about it.
I always find it almost impossible to fly just by jumping straight off the ground, so I usually find a ledge or the roof of a house or something, then I jump and immediately close my eyes when I am in the air.
I have noticed that this usually makes me stay in the air, since I cannot see anything and kind of lose track of space.
Then I open my eyes again and usually this makes me stay in the air.
The problem is that I seem to awaken a few seconds after opening my eyes - I will have this short moment when I smile to myself and fly, then 2-3 seconds later everything starts to fade very quickly and I wake up.