Yesterday I spontaneously had my first lucid dream after unintentionally using the WBTB method. Woke around 7:30, went to class until around 9:30 (a bit long for WBTB but it worked) then came home and took a nap. This comes 3+ months after completely giving up my journal, research and hope that I would ever have one.

Now that I have I've gained a new eagerness to get back into it.

The actual LD wasn't too great, I was just happy by the fact that I became lucid and it was short due to excitement. Mostly I just jumped super high (trying to attain flight). It happened when I realized that I was reliving something that had happened a few nights ago and immediately did a reality check. I looked at my hands and they had an unidentifiable number of fingers. After this short LD I experienced 5+ false awakenings, each of witch I became lucid shortly after "waking up", only to lose it and go on to the next false awakening.

Attempting the WBTB method again in a half hour or so, as I just slept for 6 hours. Any experienced dreamers have tips for keeping focus and extending the LD or how to avoid false awakening?