Am I doing RCs correctly?

[dimensiongod]

I'm wondering if I am doing RC incorrectly since I've only done 1 RC within the last 16 nights.

About 20-30 times a day, I would do a RC against the time on my computer, and my watch and then ask myself whether I am actually awake or not.
My dream signs are strong emotions, physical sensations, and family members.
so I ask myself if I can see them. Then I look around to see if there is any unusual or impossible happening around me. I check to see if I have any unusual abilities or unusual insight into other character's motives or secrets. Only then, will I say I'm awake.

Is this normal for starting out? Only 1 RC after 16 nights? Will I start to do more RC's as time progresses? Do I need to rethink my strategy?


Thanks

[unseen wombat]

Heh, I wish I could do RC's in my dreams. I'm usually dumb as a rock though. I'd say I've gotten lucid maybe twice from an RC since starting in early December. Usually, if I'm lucid, I just know, and the RC is just for fun.

[panta-rei]

Its really not that bad, I never do reality checks. Usually my dreams are so obscure that I don't need too.

[Mini Man56]

I don't need to do RCs. I just come upon the sudden realization,"Hey wait, this is a dream!" I don't know what makes me realize it, I just do at some random point in the dream. Which is pretty good cuz in a dream I can NEVER remember RCs... even if I'm lucid, lol. I've always wanted to try though...

[AspirationRealized]

The method itself doesn't matter so much as the thinking behind it.

If whatever you're doing makes you question reality, or, you question which state you're in when you do it, its correct.

It may also better to do it when something out of the ordinary happens... rather than 20 times a day because I should RC 20 times a day.

But lots of people disagree.

[kingofclutch]

Try doing a RC that isn't as complex. Try pinching your arm, that's what I do.

[panta-rei]

holding your nose and trying to breath is the only one i'd try.

[Mini Man56]

Don't RC out of habit, it won't work. Instead do one everytime you encounter something/someone new, odd or out of place. Especially new stuff, cuz a lot of stuff in dreams you've never seen before.