I've so far had 4 lucid dreams. All of these have been DILDS. None of these dreams have been the result of doing a reality check (and 3 of them have been after I lapsed on my DJ). In fact, around six weeks before any of these, I had a dream in which I did do a reality check, and because of it I didn't become lucid (It was because I was woken up. If I had just realized I was dreaming, rather than take the time to do a reality check, I would have had my first lucid six weeks earlier.).
So, the purpose of this thread. For me, since around halfway through May, my reality checks have been almost the only time I've thought about lucid dreaming at all. This means that the only reason I haven't entirely forgotten the subject (for a time) is because I've been consistently reality checking around ten times or more per day. They serve as a reminder, and they get me thinking about the subject more.
Does anybody else use reality checks as only a reminder? Or am I alone in this use? (and please don't criticize it as a horrible method, since it's the only method in three years that's worked for me.)