atleast at the beginning to stop or atleast to slow down is really helpful/important.
The reason we do RC during the day is not (like some might think) that it bleeds into our dreams and we do them there randomly but
to heighten our critical awareness, look around and really really consider if we might be dreaming and try to prove it (not vice versa: you try to prove you are Dreaming and not to prove you are awake btw.)
when you just do them quickly without much effort like "i look at my hand yea looks like normal but sure i know i am awake so..." this wont bring anything and is a waste of time. the best thing that might happen to you is that you dream of doing a realitycheck and it will fail or you wont reflect the result.
therefore you want to stop or slow down to really take a look and consider and let your awareness rise and try to stay up for some time after the RC.
when you turn it around you could say atleast the "typical" RC during the day are not necessarily important as long as you raise your critical awareness during the day and ask yourself am i dreaming?
Because in dreams your awareness rises until a point where you say wait something is odd and THEN you do a RC to confirm it not the other way round
hope i could help. if something is unclear ask again and i will try with other words
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