Hey people, I'm a new member from Illionis. My name is Andy and I'm 18 years old. I recently got into lucid dreaming, when me and my friend were hanging out last week and he was telling me all about the thrills and enjoyment you can achieve through it. Just the thought of something like this inspiried me to look it up on the internet, and I found this message board in the process and decided to join. So here I am. I know I've had some lucid dreams in my lifetime now that I analyze what I can remember, but they've never been completely vivid, and it has ranged from having absolutely no control to very mild control. I'm here; so like everyone else, I can adjust to remember my lucid dreams after I have them, and then move on to learning how to attain master control over them. I have a few questions...1. Is it that you remember what lucid dream you had and feel good about it when you wake up, or is that you enjoy the lucid dream while you're actually experiencing it, and then ALSO remember it later and still feel good? 2. Whenever I feel tired in school, I tend to put my head down and start counting slowly and breathing every two seconds, the method works pretty well for me and I'm usually asleep fast. Not even an hour ago, I had some short not very vivid lucid dreams, some I remember, and one I just can't remember. What are some suggestions to keep my awareness entering the lucid dreams, so that I can move up to the next step and actually control, instead of remember?