Miserable First Attempt... help?

[beefnormous]

So last night I tried for my first LD.... it went horrible. I figured 10:30 was a good time to go to bed so I climb into bed and mentally I keep saying: "I will remember all of my dreams and I will wake up after them." Meanwhile, I set my alarm for 3:00AM because I was going to attempt a WILD. I slowly doze off, have a slight dream that I barely recall because I didn't write it down, and I ended up waking up at 12:30. My first thoughts are: "Hey, I went through one sleep cycle and I woke myself up. That's a good sign because my brain is paying attention to what I want it to do." When I kept trying to go back to sleep, I tried to continue saying the same mental message as I did originally, because I only wanted to try the lucid at 3:00. When the clock struck 2:00AM I figured what the hell, I'm not getting any sleep anyway. I repeated in my head: "I will have a lucid dream, I will remember it, I will look for my signs, etc." I remember having two more dreams, but each were fairly short. I was nowhere near lucidity. I woke up 15 minutes ago, and now I'm frustrated as hell. Anyone spot anything wrong with my "attempt"?