If I'm in a dream, I'll sometimes say these words to myself, but they lack the compulsion to really wake up my conscious mind. My theory is that it's so much more of a gut feeling than a logical conclusion that my conscious mind doesn't need to wake up. Additionally, I think I've said the words enough that they're really sort of meaningless to my brain now.

What are some good alternate ways of really waking up the conscious brain? What can I do in a dream that uses the logical part extensively? I would say multiply two two-digit numbers, but I doubt I can do that inside a dream. Although.. maybe if I keep trying I'll slowly wake up my conscious mind.

Anyway, anybody have ideas?
Thanks for any help.