In many of my LDs so far I have been somewhat not myself. Kind of like the dream self of a non-lucid where actions I take and thoughts I have are skewed from what I am in real life. When I do get into my LDs, I tend to do more mischievous things, like take DCs women, play tricks while I am invisible, freeze DCs by altering the weather, etc. While I am awake, I always think to myself about how when I become lucid I want to just look around and admire the dream scape and talk to DCs and just experience the feeling of being in a dream. Flying and and doing extraordinary things are cool, but first I want to get a feel for the dream world around me before I start manipulating things.

Anyway I was wondering if anyone else found that their dream self has different motivations, and a different plan as to what you should do in a LD. If not how can I make my mind state within an LD more like that of my real self