So since a young age I've frequently experienced lucid dreams. I thought it was pretty normal until I spoke to some friends about it in my teen years. When I said "I like those dreams where you realise you're dreaming and you can just explore stuff" I was met with some confused looks which made me research it more. Over the years the frequency of these lucid dreams has significantly lessened.

I love the idea and experience of lucid dreaming. To me it's the ultimate version of virtual reality or psychadelic drug experiences (note: I haven't tried the latter). The issue is when I begin to have a lucid dream, I get excited and try and do things in a rush which causes me to wake up pretty soon.
To be honest even though I've known about groups like this for 5- 7 years, I've always been too lazy to work on improving this ability. Instead I used supplements such as melatonin, B6, LucidEsc and Dreamleaf; which help me to have vivid dreams but I don't think they increase the chances of me having a lucid dream.

Now that I'm in m 30s I think I'm ready to properly work on lucid dreaming.
From what I've read, a good starting point is a dream journal and reality checks?

Would love to get some guidance/words of wisdom from the community