I ALMOST did it. I woke up at 3am (after 6 hrs of sleep), stayed awake for about half an hour, and kept my mind awake while my body was tired. I remember seeing white flashes and hearing a guy laughing and tried to imagine it being a guy I know. I heard the familiar buzzing noise of SP. I kept telling myself to keep calm and that I was dreaming (even though I wasn't in a dream scene yet). It kept fading out, and then coming back to as if it was trying again. It happened about 4 or 5 times times before it felt like my mind "gave up". I'm going to try this again because something about it seemed to work. Oh and when I was trying to go back to sleep, I used the mantra, "I am going to be lucid dreaming in a few minutes". And during the time I was awake for the 30 min, I was on DV, so my mind was definitely on LDing. Was I getting close? If so, what can I do to just make it happen?