RC every time you wake up

Searched and couldn't find another thread on this... So i apologize if i missed it.
Recently I have started doing a RC every time i wake. I started with a post it note next to my bed and eventually it became habit and greatly helped my LD rate.

I would say in about half of the dreams that im able to remember from the very beginning, have started with me waking up; and now false awakenings are a thing of the past :cheeky:

Every time i wake up, i do a RC, and sometimes if things feel kinda strange, ill do a second. If they both fail, i get my dream journal and write down my dreams.
If one is successful i usually start by flying out my window =)

And i started this technique always doing only one, and sometimes it wouldnt work when i was actually dreaming (not sure why, maybe just out of habit i expected it not work or something). Having the second one has been pretty much foolproof for me.

After having enough success, i started to expect to be dreaming whenever i wake up. This has led to even more of my dreams starting with me waking up lol. This has also helped raise my LD count. Also, i always do WBTB.

Just wanted to share my success with this technique, hope it can help someone else too :)

I'm pretty sure many people do this by default already, but really great job on finding it out on your own! I, too, reality check everytime I wake up, and indeed, it helps catch those annoying false awakenings. Thank you for sharing your insight, I'm sure this will help a lot of people who don't do this yet.

Keep it up, and happy dreaming! :)

I never really seem to get false awakenings but it RC EVERY time I wake up too :P