I am not sure what a "lucid" dream is.
Yes, my dreams are lucid in the true sense: they are clear images; and sometimes refer vaguely to real people and rather surreal versions of real places.
Often the location is totally invented and in considerable detail but most of the people are poorly-defined and any story is almost non-existent.
Sometimes I recall them, but forget most dreams them almost immediately on waking as is normal.
"Interpretations"? "Meanings"? No - dreams have no "meanings" beyond fleeting references to real places or people.
"Controlling" dreams? No - we cannot do that.
"Journals" (The trendy name for a diary, I think.) No point. It might be amusing to keep a dream diary, but you will only record the few dreams you remember, and it will not tell you anything useful.
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So just what are dreams? They are normal, fleeting, random events believed to be by-products of the brain's own house-keeping, particularly memory-refreshing, while we are asleep. We need sleep, as almost all animals do, to give the body time to maintain and repair itself. That includes the brain. The brain is actually quite busy all the time, and puts us asleep so it can get on with its vital work undisturbed.
Sometimes we seem to be dreaming while awake, but we are not fully awake, and the dream fades as we waken further.
