So I've been keeping a dream journal for just over a year now, and been having great success at recalling dreams (entires now average about 2 pages a night.) I've been trying to induce lucidity through Reality Checks, but I find that they're difficult to actually do. What are good criteria for doing a check? Most of the time I do one whenever I am having a strange train of thought, or suspect it might be a dream (but this "it might be a dream" is usually isn't triggered by any sense stimuli.) Also, what makes a good check technique/device/object? I've read that digital clocks will change on subsequent glances, but I don't always have access to one. I've also heard that text isn't "solid" in dreams either. But, I've had dreams in which I at least thought I was reading something, so it doesn't seem relyable either. If text has worked for others, what makes good check-text? I'm worried the things I read in a check (signs, ads, posters, etc.) are too short and maybe I don't actually read them but recognize them as a simple sign. Anyone have any advice/insight into these techniques? Thanks