reality checks?

[mrpinkeye]

hi all im new to this so bear with me! iv just started to keep a dream diary, i feel as though i should be an ideal candidate for lucid dreaming. i often have multiple dreams every time i sleep and can remember them vividly for days. just writing them down has made me realise how many i actually have...where id assumed it was 2 or 3 a night i find i have 6-7! anyway, im not sure about reality checks... how long should i spend doing them? everywhere i find lists of possible checks theres at least 10, do i stop roughly every hour and go through them all!? are there certain ones i should always do? does it have to be a set time (like an alarm to remind me) or can i use a note on my hand to set off randomly timed checks? how long do i do each check for? its all a bit confusing