A few mornings ago I woke up at about 8:00, looked at my clock and figured I could sit in bed for a little bit longer. I fell back to sleep at some point in time and dreamt that I was still lying in bed just looking at the clock. Why I'm such and idiot: The time on the clock kept changing, three numbers that stand out in my memory are 7:02, 9:05, 11:21. Being the idoit that I am, I figured I'd wait until it got low (like 6-7:00ish) before I got out of bed. (I like to get up early.) After this brief dream I entered another one and then woke up for real.

So, any ideas on how to improve my reality checks? I'm sure I notice plenty of odd things in my dreams, but they don't really register as odd (as shown by the clock, checking my clock is probably the RC that I do most frequently). Any ideas on how to get around that and take notice of the crazy things in my dreams so I become Lucid?

Thanks.

P.S. If anybody cares, my first and only Lucid was brought about by me climbing up a tree that was way too skinny to support my weight. I realized that it was impossible for me to be climbing the tree and I became lucid.