What if I told you that I never reality check and I never record my dream signs. (Insert Mopheus Meme here )
These two are great tools and sometimes also fun to do. But if you look at the main factor that makes these two effective you will realize that it isn't the tool in itself that does the work, it is you!
The main thing that makes these two effective is the awareness! A dream is our (subconscious, memories and emotions.) So when we say that we want to be aware of our dreams.
We are actually saying (I want to be aware of my subconscious and my memories and emotions).
When you are in a dream and look at things you have actually placed your awareness in these three.
We can use this information to our advantage! Next time you feel a strong emotion like anger or happiness just be aware of it and ask yourself why you feel this emotion, or next time you have a strange thought that doesn't seem to come from you, sometimes we think weird stuff and well become aware of this and ask yourself why you thought this thought and also be aware of your memories that can easily be done by doing this:
http://www.dreamviews.com/f15/if-you...ams-try-93005/
So to become lucid you need to become aware, but in order to be aware you need to have some understanding awareness. And that.. is a much tougher task ^-^
Luckily for us you are naturally aware so all that you need to do is to practise and explore what it really means to be aware.
Perhaps it means that we got some information, it is what it implies when we for example say: "Oh I wasn't aware that you had a new car."
So what does it mean when you look at your hand right now saying "I am aware..." ??? Does it mean that you are aware that you are awake?
I mean what if you suddenly woke up an realized that it was all a dream and you realize that you wasn't aware!
To be aware acording to me is to gain information that in turn will provide understading.
What we want to do when we want a lucid dream, is to be aware if we are dreaming or not. obviously 
So get familiar with the difference of dream and reality, reality checks is an effective tool for that but the hand you look at when you reality check within the dream is still just a part of the dream, so keep in mind that by just being aware of what is going on in the dream can be enough to become aware that you are dreaming.
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