I've been studying lucid dreaming for awhile, using Stephen LaBerge's books, etc. I was keeping a dream journal, doing the work (I'm baby stepping, I'm doing the work), etc. Then as usual, I got bored and gave up. A couple of days after I gave up (Last night), I had my first lucid dream! It wasn't really a dream sign or anything that cued me in, I just kind of "Woke up" in my dream. I was in a haunted house ride kind of thing, like at an amusement park. And I realized that I was dreaming and instead of flying off or trying something like I thought I would - I just sat and in amazement at the realism of everything. I reached out and touched the walls, and they felt just like I figured they would. The ability of the mind to construct such a perfect real-time universe on the fly is astounding. I just kind of took it all in until I woke up.

This was exactly the motivation I needed to get back into things!

Oh yeah, and I'm new here.