I'm new here, Hi! Sarah's the name. I have been all over Google and Ask.com and this site and others trying to have a lucid dream. I'm probably going about it all the wrong ways. Now, I'm probably just being impatient, I know this takes a while but it would help me so much if some of you could post up exact steps as to what you did to have your first lucid dream.

I've only been at this for four days. The first, I had a vivid dream I recalled upon waking. Second, another dream, not as long or detailed, but I remembered it upon waking. Third day brought no dreams I could recall. And the fourth (this morning) left me with no dream recall in the morning except the word Moriocco seemed to be tied to the dream I couldn't remember. I normally have terrible dream recall and I find that trying to focus my energy on remembering dreams seems to make them dissapear. I have started a dream journal the first day, writing down every detail.

I have tried reality testing every hour on the hour and whenever I see something strange that looks like it belongs in my dreams. I'm going to try setting an alarm each hour for reality testing and then using it in my sleep soon. I'm so frustrated and impatient. Anything that you have found helpful would be appriciated. Thanks!