We just need a reminder, some sort of lucid spark to trigger our awareness in the dream and all is right! Funny how in this case games turn out to be the perfect help for us. Another way I used the pause menu (lol) was to save and really go wild on the dream without fear of consequences. I probably never felt the need to go back but the safety of the save file being there really enabled me to go further. Hm... interesting how I can see some paralelisms of my personality there.