How to REMEMBER to do RCs?

[knecht]

This may seem like a silly question, sorry if it is...

I've seen people saying that RCs and increasing awareness are a good 'beginner's' method to try and induce a lucid dream. Which makes sense (if only I NOTICED all the strange stuff that happens in dreams...)

I'd rather not try WILD until I've got some time in the holidays to alter my sleep schedule. I think DILDs are supposed to be better if you don't want to lose any sleep?

So, I want to start trying the idea of RCs every 5 minutes, to see if it helps me attain lucidity. But the biggest problem I've got is that I can't remember to do them! I either have to be consciously thinking "Am I dreaming?" all the time, which will probably get me a lucid dream fairly quickly :P
Unfortunately, I need to pay attention to what's going on in school as well. So what's your suggestion, how can I remember to do RCs / think about LDs, whilst not getting distracted from what's happening in real life?

Thanks.

[Pepperoni Pizza]

You could try doing an RC every time you walk through a door way, or hear someone mention the word "dream" or choose something else. You don't have to constantly concentrate, just be a little more aware of your surroundings. It works for me.

[Muggler]

You could set an alarm, like on your cell phone if you have one. Or on your computer. Every time you hear that alarm, RC. I guess that would also increase your chances of getting an EILD.

[Bizarre Jester]

yea try to make a habit out of it. I just look at my hands for a reality check. A good time to do it is when you wake up in the morning (wipes out false awakenings). Once you can recognize your dream themes do it whenever that happens. I noticed I'm outside in the sun a lot in my dreams so I do a reality check every time I go outside on a nice or semi-nice day.
But you can get lucid dreams without doing too many reality checks, they just help you out.

[neuronex]

You could try doing an RC every time you walk through a door way
I started doing this about a week ago, and have found it to be a great method. Especially because it means doing reality checks in restrooms (sometimes public), shops, cars and just a whole bunch of places. Sometimes I'll walk through a doorway knowing very well that I'm going to walk through a few more in the next few seconds. I find that's a good time to just touch the walls, look at hands and just act as if its now a dream.

I seldom post, but really thought of the door thing when I saw the topic posted & wanted to share. Surprise - there it is as the first response :)

[ah19]

I started doing this about a week ago, and have found it to be a great method. Especially because it means doing reality checks in restrooms (sometimes public), shops, cars and just a whole bunch of places. Sometimes I'll walk through a doorway knowing very well that I'm going to walk through a few more in the next few seconds. I find that's a good time to just touch the walls, look at hands and just act as if its now a dream.

I seldom post, but really thought of the door thing when I saw the topic posted & wanted to share. Surprise - there it is as the first response :)

hi, have you had any lucids through this method

[knecht]

I'll try doing the door one. The biggest hurdle for me will be making it a 'habit'; once that's done, the rest will be easy :)

[eternalstar01]

Do you keep a dream journal? I've become pretty accustomed to things that happen in dreams that seem to mirror waking life. Like if I dream that I'm at work, I've never dreamt that I'm sitting at my desk reading the forums, so I generally don't reality check then. But I do reality check when I look at the cameras (I'm a security guard)... but I check the numbers at the bottom of each screen. I know enough about me that I wouldn't be reading those properly if it were a dream. However, if I saw some dude walking across my camera, I would RC. That *has* happened in a dream once.

Little things like that... I whole-heartedly believe in dream journals as the first step and a major supportive step to everything in lucid dreaming, even with RC's. It just helps me avoid becoming complacent with them (if you become complacent with them in waking life, you may do them absentmindedly in a dream - kind defeats the purpose).

[neuronex]

hi, have you had any lucids through this method
No, but its only been a short while using it. I got lazy a while back & stopped using a dream journal and have not had a lucid since. In the time I was using my journal - there were at least 3 occasions of lucidity.

[knecht]

I am keeping a dream journal, unfortunately I don't have that many dreams journalled yet. I think I'll try and keep a few weeks going where I journal every dream, and hopefully I'll start spotting some patterns in the dreams.

Thanks for the advice.

[ledux]

Well im starting to make RC a habbit and i do them when i hear strange noise see something a litle unusual even when i walk from one room to another and im seeing this becomes a habbit i do RC without a reason i just do it . Hope that after few days weeks i will see results :)

[deepsleep]

I am just now getting back into dreaming. I bought stephen laberge's book over the summer and decided I was gonna take a break. Now I have to rebuild my recall of seven nice vivid dreams a night from 1 5 second blurry dream a night.

[Jesus of Suburbia]

Write 'RC' on your hand. I do it and it works great.

[CarmineEternity]

Umm, this is tricky. I don't RC mainly because I forget.

BUT, I will try writing RC on my hand. Hope that works. Just wrote it now! ^_____^