You can actually train yourself to lucid dream the entire time, it takes a lot of work though. I worked on it for a while and could consciously fall into rem sleep, great resources for it online. Buddhist monks developed most of the modern technique, you basically meditate into a dream state. You get so much more control that way, it’s like having a holodeck when it works.

I’m having a ton of fun with Pokemon Odyssey, it is one of the most unique rom hacks out there, and you do not need to know anything about the game it’s based on to appreciate it