Before I even knew about lucid dreaming during my dreams I would suddenly think, "hey I'm dreaming". But this would happen in like my last dream which is usually the shortest. Then after I heard about it and all the techniques such I wanted to try them out and I even told myself that when I looked at my hands I would become lucid. However I had a non-lucid dream that seemed like everyday life. Could this happen because I'm too excited about everything or something?