Well I was thinking. Sometimes, when I've been doing a looot of reality checks, they almost start to become automatic; that kind of defeats the purpose of doing them at all. So I've been trying this new thing where I look around, and try to identify where I am and how I got here

BUT WAIT, there's more!
I look at objects, any objects, and start trying to identify where they came from. This is especially effective in my room, as everything is mine. A little more difficult in a public place, but you know. It just helps you to process your surroundings; I know that I generally tend to completely ignore surroundings in dreams. Most of my dreams are in familiar places, or what I believe to be a familiar place during the dream (non-lucid dreams, anyway). So hopefully this should help... Has anyone else had any experience with this technique? Do share.