Lucid dreaming may seem like a lot of fun if you don't do it often. It is sleeping on the edge of REM. To me, it is exhausting. I wake up many times throughout the night. And I never feel well rested. I often drift back and forth between lucid and non lucid dreams....meaning I am aware I am dreaming, but don't take control of the dream. In that aspect I cannot ever accomplish anything in my dreams. ie. knowing I am dreaming, but still trying to dial the telephone. I can't see the numbers or dial them correctly, but rather than say" this is a dream, the number is not even relevant," I keep trying. Kinda hard to explain, but when I wake up, I feel like I was running a marathon. I just want to sleep deeper and not remember so much about my dreams.
I also have WILD dreams, the ones where you dream that you woke up and started your day, but in reality, it is all still a dream. I'm tired.