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I've been practicing this, although i don't get emotional
i do awareness technique 3-4 times a day
each one during at least 30 seconds. (Time enough to see if there is
something weird on my room or any other place)
Is this enough to perform it on a lucid dream?
I think it's important with ADA not to just use reality checks on a schedule, but to use them when you think something is a little out of the ordinary by reflex. Of course, a schedule helps to get you into the habit of it but it might require you to use it more effectively rather than more often. But it is definitely enough to get you a lucid at some point. I barely practiced reality checks when I first started and I did one while dreaming just out of the blue for my first one :)
Be aware, always
You shouldn't be doing it for only short instants. It is called all day awareness for a reason. In order for it to work, you need to fully appreciate reality 24/7.
Why for only 30 seconds and 4 times a day? If you're only aware for two minutes every day, that's not going to get you very far. That's why they call it All Day Awareness, not 30-Second Awareness or 2 Minute Awareness. Try to be aware the entire day. Of course you probably won't succeed, but you'll get a lot more awareness during the day, and subsequently, more lucids.
RDAT - RANDOM DAYTIME AWARENESS TECHNIQUE
This is not really a new technique, just simplified technique from existing ones, that works for me. For more information about daytime awareness techniques, please visit Sporadic Awareness technique and All Day Awareness technique.
When I started reading about lucid dreaming, my biggest question was: "How in the world am I suppose to realize I'm dreaming?"
Well, for the realization to happen, first you need to teach your brain to ask the question: "Am I dreaming?" while you are in a regular dream. Later on, after you gain more experience, you may notice that even this question is skipped and out of the blue, you just realize you are dreaming.
You teach your brain to ask the question/realize you are dreaming by practicing daytime awareness technique.
AWARENESS +RC TECHNIQUE:
During day, pause what you doing and ask yourself a question "Wow, am I dreaming?" that jolts your attention and makes you stop doing whatever you doing. For a moment, entertain the idea, that you are sure this is a dream or false awakening and feel the excitement in the pit of your stomach. Just pretend, that you have had a lucid dream before that was indistinguishable from waking reality, so this moment could also be a dream and you don't know for sure until you RC. Really consider the answer. Don't just automatically answer "Of course I'm not".
Look around and notice details. Look at your hands and count your fingers. Do you have the right amount? Do they look normal? Do a reality check. Try to gently push your thumb through your palm and expect it to go through. Is it going through? Pinch your nose and expect to be able to breathe. Can you? Can you levitate? If not, tell yourself "Next time I'm dreaming, I look at my hands and realize I'm dreaming". Repeat this mantra a few times while looking at your hands.
Pretty soon, this behavior will start manifesting itself in your dreams and you'll be asking yourself if you dreaming, while in regular dream. That will make you lucid. You will do a couple of RCs to make sure.
I am doing this in a nutshell
I think the point of ADA is to always be aware, not to be aware 3-4 times a day for 30 seconds. It's not about reality checking as much as it is about being aware of everyday things, like the hum the computer makes and the way the keys feel as you type something on the keyboard.