What lawilahd said. The method that involves doing reality checks is called DILDing and reality checks are just a part of the technique.

There are several other main methods you can use to help you attain lucidity. You can find a list of all the main methods/descriptions http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/lucid-...hniques-66857/. Once you find a technique, you can find tons of tutorials around the forum and the wiki about that technique and learn more about it.

If you don't know what technique you would like to do you can check out my thead: Find out What Technique is Right For You! The thread also links to some good tutorials for each method (WILD, DILD, and MILD.)

Good luck getting started! Many lucids to you!