So close!:
I was at hockey practice and then I went to a teammate's apartment. There I saw pictures with my sister in them and I knew I was dreaming. As quick as I realized I was dreaming, the dream started to fade. I tried looking at my hands, but it had no effect. I even remember thinking "this is my dream...I can make this last as long as I want." Too bad it didn't work This happens to me all the time! I can't get past the blanket of doubt that creeps over me, shading my lucidity. Maybe I will try spinning right off the bat rather than focusing on my hands/landscape.


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Hopefully you'll be back having a lucid soon then! Maybe you should try setting an earlier sleep schedule and you could maybe attempt a different technique to the one you've been using previously? There's quite a few to choose from if you go look through Attaining Lucidity and you might find a technique you find easier.
Most of my successes have been through recognizing a dream sign (namely, teeth falling out...oddly enough, seeing my deceased father frequently never registers). Others have been by accident or recognition of the dream itself. WBTB is effective for me. I usually wake up in the early morning a few times to use the washroom anyway. Bedtime is between 11:30pm and 12:30am and I get out of bed around 8-8:30am.