A good thing to do is when you finaly become Lucid ask for your literal Dream Guide not like Burns up there. Mine is a disembodied female voice she tells me to do a reality check,or when i visit an old dream scerery she tells me how familiar it looks. And Do RC during the day if you look at a clock ask yourself if your dreaming then look again to see if it says the same thing.
Im a beginer too though so Good luck