Hey everyone that's reading this! I've been a huge fan of lucid dreaming ever since I heard about it (about a year ago). I went on a spree reading about all the techniques and strategies but never really followed through with it. However everytime thoughts about LD crosses my mind, I just do a few reality checks (checking my watch/fingers, questioning reality, being more aware) and then move on with my day. Sad thing is, I absorbed all this information but never bothered to go 100% through with them but...

Finally, I had my first real LD yesterday! I was especially tired due to some medication I was taking that made me fatigued so I decided to take a nap. and lo and behold, I was in my school courtyard. Then I realized I graduated and had absolutely no reason to be in my school and lucidity came upon me. I was amazed and just took a few moments to absorb what was going on around me, kids running around, people studying, etc. Colors seemed to be brighter/ stood out more and then I remembered to try something I always wanted to do and to try and FLY!

I'm a newbie so I don't really know how I did it but I had a running start and then just jumped and managed to 'glide' through the air. Because I was aware, I sort of just told myself to "will" it, and it worked! But one strange thing I remember was that my running start and glide was 'slower' than normal time. The feeling that coursed through my veins was insane though...like 100x adrenaline + just general feelings of euphoria, made me really happy. (Running to get that head start before my jump felt like I was moving through water and I didn't fly as fast as I wanted to ): Any tips on this?)

Also! Another thing I failed to do was that in mid-glide, I tried to conjure up fire balls with my hands to throw around just for fun heh, but I tried to WILL it and make it happen but it didn't work. Maybe I'm just new and not too good at control yet.

and then I decided to close my eyes and will the fireball to happen again and when I opened my eyes, I was in my room ): but the funny thing is....it was another dream?? I didn't realise it at first, so I did my usual thing, got out of bed and opened the door and my dad was right outside my room...scared me so i did a little jump and I hit the ceiling of my room....and then touched back down. At that point I was like "wtf", can I do this in real life too?! so I kept hopping up and down and saying "dad, look at me, I can fly!" but he didn't respond...and then I got a little scared and woke up for real.

So yeah, that was my first experience but that feeling of euphoria stayed with me throughout the rest of the day and I guess I'm just 'hooked' onto lucid dreaming now. Any suggestions on what to do from here on out?