Cool dream! And congrats on lucid #16

I'm shocked that this is a dream and my vision immediately goes black. I start rubbing my hands together, determined not to let this go. I test my dream body in a variety of ways to keep myself tethered to the dream: I rub my hands over my elbows, flick my teeth with my fingernail, lick my arm, flex and prod at my muscles, slap myself in the face.
I laughed so hard at this. Mainly because I've been there myself

I wonder: why'd I lose this one? Simple excitement? Succumbing to a false sense of urgency? Or is this all just Julia Roberts' fault? Advice welcome!
I'm thinking a combination? Like, succumbing to the false sense of urgency caused you to get too pumped and woke you up. I've been talking to alot of members about stress and worry in lucid dreams. I think too much negative thinking can cause a lucid dream to go non lucid, or one may even wake up prematurely. Not that your sense of urgency was negative per say, but I'm wondering what the effects are on lucid dreams when the dreamer gets too caught up on any one thing. Especially when a sense or feeling of failure arises from it. I haven't researched this fully, because it's something I just noticed with my own dreams. Just something to think about.

I keep running, wondering whether I need to try something drastic to change things in my favor.
I'm thinking yes to this, especially if similar things like this happen again. It seems like sometimes even a simple change of focus is helpful. I read an article recently about how changing focus in a lucid dream helps sustain it. Might be a useful thing to have on hand when a dream gets stuck, or too drawn out on one theme. I hope I'm wording this ok. Anyway, I'll see if I can find that article.