Hello there.

With MILD (like the others said) is really not just a mantra. Mantras are just to help focus your intent, this doesn't mean they are a bad idea, they are a great tool. You need to focus your intent in a MILD, you really need to rectify that you WILL have a lucid dream! Now I really haven't heard anything bad about using future tense mantras, in fact, in a tutorial by a very highly respected member the user put future tense mantras in the suggestions. There really isn't much wrong with future tense in my opinion. But with your mantra, it could be a bit too complicated. It would probably be a bit more simple and easier for your mind to understand to use a mantra that focuses more on the task at hand, for example, you could say, " Tonight, I will do a reality check in my dream ", something like that. Also using visualization is a great tool as well, Bossalinni pretty much described the process of it.

It can also help to do the MILD throughout the day for a few minutes at a time. Just do what you would regularly do but not involving falling alseep . Just one final tip, when you do the MILD make sure you have your attention directed toward the MILD, try to keep yourself from drifting off to other thoughts while doing the MILD at the same time.

Hope this helps, PM me if you have any more questions if you like. Good luck and happy dreaming!