It seems like a good idea. This is, in fact, something I've been trying to practice for a while. I'm very prone to daydreaming, and I've very good at “zoning out” (that is, losing lucidity) when doing so, because they tend to happen without my consciously realizing it. I have to be very watchful of myself to catch them as they start, and even then it can be difficult. However, over time, I believe I'm slowly getting better at catching myself in a daydream state sooner when it happens, and at that point, I can remember to come back to reality and consider what's going on and whether I'm dreaming.
I believe that in time, this exercise will help me to catch myself in the act of dreaming. There seem to be many things in common between daydreams and dreams. If I'm not self-aware and get too drawn in, I've found, it sort of feels that I even seem to treat the daydream as reality, practically forgetting that it's not real for a brief while, just as with normal dreams. In extreme cases, I'll suddenly realize what I'm doing, think “Whoa, what's going on!”, and experience a feeling quite similar to that of becoming lucid in a dream.
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