Hi, I've been interested in Lucid dreaming ever since I heard about it. That was about two years ago. I tried keeping a Dream journal but didn't keep it up for long.

I started keeping another journal on the 12th of December and I think it's been going well. I remembered a dream or 2 every night until the 17th. I guess my sleep pattern fell apart a bit there because of exams, and it's still out. However I've started WBTB mostly for DR, and haven't really thought about having a lucid dream in while. I must start doing RC again too. I stopped for some reason.

I've also had a few goes at inducing sleep paralysis. The first time i tried it, I tried immediately after going to bed. It took me about an hour, but I did it. My whole body went numb and heavy, and my eyes started moving really fast. What was strange though, was that the top of my head and cheeks didn't feel like the rest of my body. Was this not full sleep paralysis?

I tried it again later as a concious attempt at sleep paralysis into lucid dreaming, but it wasn't as... intense. My limbs went numb, but i didn't feel as heavy and my body wasn't numb either. I'll keep trying.

Also I would like to ask 2 questions.
1) What can lucid dreaming help me achieve? I presume it's fun, but is there any practical benefits? Could I practice guitar or something like that? Would it help me become more focused in life?

2) Where should I start with meditating? That's something else I'm interested in, and I feel it might be linked to lucid dreaming. I feel this might help me become focused.

Thanks