I finally had my first lucid experience last night after months and months of trying. It was very much worth the wait even though I woke up immediately afterwards. Now I don't feel so discouraged.

I was in an indoor swimming pool and I saw what looked like either a whale or a dolphin in there with me. I thought that looked strange and thought to myself "this must be a dream". I then thought this sea creature looked rather threatening so I tried to levitate out of the pool to get away from the thing, but I ended up just splashing around. So I swam as fast as I could out of the pool and woke up.

I still enjoyed the experience.