Lucid Dreaming - Phase 1

While looking around the web a couple of days ago, I found this really interesting website, Lucidipedia. The point of the site is to teach members how to have lucid dreams (those dreams where you know you're dreaming and can control stuff). I remember as a kid I thought lucid dreams sounded so cool (don't get me wrong, I still do) and went through a phase of trying to figure out how to have one. However, after a few nights of no success I promptly gave up. Now that I'm a bit older, perhaps with a little more patience, seeing this topic again excites me and peaks my curiosity.
For awhile now, I've been searching for something fun to work on, not necessarily a life skill but just something fun. Learning how to have lucid dreams seems to fit the bill quite immaculately.
So I signed up and, having completed my first task (learning what lucid dreaming is) am working on my second task: Remembering your dreams. Definitely a good step. No sense in having a lucid dream if you can't remember it.
With becoming a member (which is free by the way) you get a free dreamJournal. This is a where you record your dream content, dream recall, sleep patterns, occurrence of lucidity and a bunch of other info. I still haven't really remembered my dreams the last few nights so haven't used this part yet, but looking forward to it.
Apparently lucid dreaming is beneficial for self exploration and growth since, with this ability you can experience all kinds of different things, such as overcoming fears. Some people use lucid dreams to practice presentations or lectures. Not a bad idea.
So that's my plan: work on lucid dreaming... well at least for now work on remembering my dreams. I know it's definitely a long process and I may never really learn how to do it, but it's worth a shot.