Even though I am still seeking my first lucid dream, I have to admit that the ADA technique is extremely powerful.

I have been practicing the ADA technique for a few weeks now, improving my mental awareness. First off, while I was walking home last night and I was completely aware of a tree that was fully decorated with those LED Christmas lights, noticing the clarity that it provided in the night. And then I had a dream this morning where I was at a store shopping for Christmas decorations with a group of friends. We were having a discussion about the classic white lights and the new LED lights, and mentioning about how I like the new LED lights. I continued by telling them about a memory I had, seeing the LED lights on that tree from the night before.

For the first time, I experienced a full in-depth memory flashback within a dream.

What's comical is that if I paid closer attention I probably could of became aware that it was in a dream. Though the majority of this dream I was in conscious state, having a heavy conversation with a friend about what I needed to do in the following days and after thinking about some of the answers I would provide, I explained my exact intent for being in this store we were at; something I would of done if I was awake and talking to someone in real life.