Yeah, that counting thing never worked well for me. I just try to imagine some scenario (maybe the dream I just woke up from) until HI start and then just watch those until I start to feel really tired as I mentioned above. I usually try to go straight to WILD after I wake up because if I stay up for long then I'm thinking about too much stuff and I can't get to sleep. Maybe you are a bit too drowsy though as tygerhawk suggests. I'd just keep working on it to find that right balance.