Hey guys and girls

Just to introduce myself, I'm Nikola (that's my real name), I'm male btw.

Recently got interested in lucid dreaming and astral projection. Read an e-book on it and realised that the astral plane is something I definetly want to explore. The book says lucid dreaming and astral projection are essentialy the same thing because you end up in the astral plane. Is this true?
I feel like it would be a more natural way for me to get to it through lucid dreaming.
I've had a few lucid dreams this year, like 4 or 5 and had something simmilar to astral projection maybe 15 years ago, so I think the choice is clear .

I've been meditationg on and off for a while now, just started developing dream recall. Although I always remember my dream I feel like I need a lot of work to do, to remember all of my dreams during the night. Started my dream journal today.

So, that's it basically, I'll do my best to search the forum for info before asking stupid questions .