Quote Originally Posted by gab View Post

So even if someone thinks he did RC just out of the blue, that's not entirely so. In case of dream signs, I'm sure a person RCs for that in waking life and thinks about how he will RC in a dream - that's form of awareness training. Then you get a tiny amount of awareness that urges you to do RC and allowes you to realize what you just did and gets you lucid. Otherwise, a person RCs and that's the end of it.
Hey Gab, I must admit I had become very skeptical about RCs. It seemed like you said; I needed some level of awareness in order to do an RC to confirm I was dreaming, but my first LD following an RC came the night after reading that the nose pinch RC was probably the best one. Up until then I had been practising the finger through the palm one. It felt like the impulse to do the nose pinch was completely spontaneous, and the brief moment of lucidity that followed seemed to be as a result of the RC.
What has annoyed me is that since then it's not happened again!
I practice the nose pinch RC regularly, but it's like my subconscious is refusing to let me in again!

I think you may be right that the awareness needs to come first, which is maybe why I am a bit stuck.
It's now been a year since I started, and just 4 brief LDs to show for it.

Any other ideas?