I love how you call them mnemonic tripwires. It's a good way of phrasing what I'm actually trying to achieve here.
And with that I'm almost finished, after this week I hope to have set up my way to lucid dreaming in all my sleeping circumstances.

I have thought about earplugs and mask/blindfolds but I think I will get used to it eventually. Having things in my ears just adds to the discomfort for me.

As for the dream I mentioned earlier, funny thing about that.

From todays DJ entry
I log on to a computer to see when my appointment with Mr. M is, 2:00 PM and I look on the clock which says 2:06.
To be sure I check the schedule again and it's indeed 2:06. Realizing I'm late I get stressed and wake up.

The time I wake up is 1:56.