So last night I had my first lucid dream! I have been trying very hard for the past month or so with no success. Then I went on vacation for a week and didn't do anything with lucid dreaming, no reality checks and no dream journal. I was expecting to pick it up rite away again when I got back from vacation. The day I got back I just did my reality checks like usual and actually saw the movie Inception (which is about dreaming) and had my first lucid dream that night. It was a DILD and I think I became lucid by looking at my hand and counting 6 fingers. For some strange reason I wasn't jumping with joy that I knew I was dreaming and I think that if it was a higher level of lucidity I would have. I attempted to fly which didn't work at all, so I got on top of a moving car and jumped off of it when it came to a halting stop which soared me through the air. I landed on a balcony and there were some people there that I didn't know. I just disregarded them and went downstairs to the back yard. I attempted to make my self lighter since I couldn't fly and I was able to jump a little higher and fall slower. I also remember trying to explain to my mom that it was just a lucid dream and we will eventually wake up. I know I wouldn't have done that if I totally knew what was going on because I would have known it was just a DC. I also tried spawning one of my friends by turning around and wanting them to be there when I did but that didn't work ether. I also remember how weird it was because every time i looked at my hand It would look like a normal hand with five fingers, but when I counted it was always 6 or 7. I did this multiple times because I just couldn't figure it out. I woke up soon after and wrote down everything rite away but it was a little hard to recall and it seemed foggy. It wasn't the clearest of dreams but I know that I'm able to have them now and having this one boosted my confidence to have more! It was a very good experience.