Lucid Dreaming Procedure UPDATED

I will adhere to the following research-based procedure (of my creation) to optimize my chance of achieving at least one lucid dream. Before this, I will identify the most important components of achieving a lucid dream: a dream journal, reality checks, backtracks, telling myself that I will have a lucid dream prior to falling asleep, and slow deep breaths. I would like to note that much of this can be done with the Awoken App, a lucid dreaming tool which I will be using. I made a video clarifying this below.

Without further ado, here is my procedure:

1.) Using Awoken, perform 5 daily reality checks during the hours that I am awake (07:00-21:20) by responding to my totem sound trigger. These reality checks will entail counting the 10 fingers on my hands in order to assess whether I am asleep or awake when my totem sound triggers a reality check.
     a.) After each reality check, recall how I got to the present. This is a process known as backtracking.
     b.) After both reality checks and backtracking, assess whether I am awake or asleep.
     c.) If awake, continue what ever I was doing.
     d.) If asleep, don't become too excited and begin to control the dream.
2.) Prior to falling asleep each night, tell myself, "I will have a lucid dream".
     a.) If I wake up in the middle of the night, repeat the phrase to myself and fall back asleep.
     b.) It is important to have the right mindset when trying to lucid dream.
3.) When falling asleep, visualize a single thing and try to maintain consciousness whilst entering the dream state, remember to take deep, slow breaths (yes, this is possible. It is a phenomenon known as a wake induced lucid dream).
     a.) Resist the urge to turn over or itch while doing this.
4.) Routinely look for things that look impossible, if something bizarre happens, I could be dreaming.
5.) Every morning, create an entry in the Awoken dream journal and write about what I dreamed.
     a.) Remember to use hashtags so that recurring themes can be more easily identified.
6.) Never confuse the vivid imaginations that often take place right before falling asleep for lucid dreams.