A FIRST EXERCISE

AM I
DREAMING?

Stop for a moment and ask the question as if you might be. Look around. What brought you here? What would convince you that this is a dream?

Choose a line of text or a clock. Look at it, look away, then look back. Notice what changed. The point is not to perform a trick on autopilot; it is to practice genuine curiosity while you are awake, so the question might follow you into sleep.