I spent ages in early December last year researching lucid dreams. I tried for weeks, and never could quite get it. Now, this Saturday, just by chance, I had my first one! Here's how it went:

After getting up around 8 o clock for a drink, I decided to go back to bed and have a lie in. I got back into bed, and heard a parcel come through the letterbox. I then drifted off to sleep.

When I 'woke up', it turned out that the parcel was a video game that I'd preordered a week prior that was set to be released on April 29th (Any guesses what it was ). I opened it up, was about to put the disc into my PlayStation, then thought to myself "Hang on. Why would I suddenly get this game 2 months before it was released?". I held my nose tightly, and took a deep breath in through my nose, which confirmed I was dreaming. Containing my excitement, I turned around, and slowly walked towards the wall, believing I could walk through it. I put my hand slowly up to it, and felt the wall engulfing it. I then ran straight through, and because I didn't think ahead as to what would be on the other side (which would have been my kitchen), I felt myself spinning around as everything went black. I then woke up in the real world.

It all felt so real, and every last detail of my living room was portrayed in my dream. It might not sound like an amazing dream, but to me, it was phenomenal.