Quote Originally Posted by yost View Post
What I meant is that I do 5 checks in one series every 30 mins. I guess it was overkill. My two favorites are the text-check and the finger-through-hand. I'll do those once an hour and as often as I randomly remember. Thanks!
Once an hour seems like a pretty good frequency, but I think that you should get in the habit of the doing the mental reality checks paired with these.

I used to do just the reality checks alone and they became very tedious, making it extremely easy to do it without giving it much thought, which is bad. But if you think about it, in order to get lucid you're going to question something with your thinking. Mental reality checks force you to think and be self-aware, the reason I'd say prioritize mental is because you're going to have to think about it and say "wow, I have 13 fingers, I must be dreaming".

I would then recommend following those up with the physical reality checks for reassurance. I've honestly have stopped physically reality checking as much and I seem to be getting better results with the mental ones. Also, for whatever reason I don't find the mental reality checks to be tedious at all, I find it easy to do when I am moving around during the day.

This is all my experience and thought I'd throw that in, you should try it out and see how it works for you