Hi, my name is Mila and I joined this forum today. Thank you for the welcome. I read the information on the website about a week ago and I think I already experienced lucid dreaming, unfortunately for no more that a minute.
Several days ago I started writing everything I could remember in a dream journal and started looking for repeating dream signs. I noticed that people and objects often suddenly transform into something else (of course, I didn't notice this during the dreams). I also noticed that people appear in places they are not supposed to be. This night I dreamed that I was in school, and I saw a friend of mine who is from Germany and has never visited me here. After talking to him for some time, I realized that he couldn't be there and that I might be dreaming. I tried to perform a reality check by looking at my watch, but it showed the same time both times I looked (This was probably because I have performed some reality checks while awake, and the time has always been the same, so I was used to see the same time when looking at the clock and this was what I expected to see). However, I still though that I was dreaming. Then I decided that if I was dreaming, I would be able to control the world around me. I looked at a cup and though that if I was dreaming, I would be able to lift it. I concentrated on making the cup lift and it did! I was so exited that I immediately woke up.

Can you give me some tips on not waking up when you find out that you are dreaming?

I still haven't tried WILD, I read about it today, and I may try soon.