WILD attempts log

Alarm after: 6:10
Brief description: Woke up, WBTB for 3 minutes, decided not to count today. Instead I tried to just remain focused while falling asleep. I don't really know what I was thinking. I think I was trying something from a WILD tutorial I read the night before, but my mind was cluttered due to the fact that my WBTB was short. I didn't think logically, and while it seemed like a great idea at the time I can now see I should have followed some actual steps, not trying to do this through sheer willpower. I'm still under the belief that my counting really isn't working for me. I read on the forum that "Your anchor has to be reduced to a background auxiliary function, nothing more." I can't really achieve this with counting, it feels like I have to concentrate a lot on it to not slip off. So I need something else. Maybe a physical anchor could work for me? I need something I can fall asleep while my focus is on..
Why it failed/succeeded: Lack of technique. Too short WBTB.

After some chatting with people on the IRC and reading Mzzkc's excellent stuff I have figured out that the only way to find the right anchor is to try lots of different ones. So I'm going to pick some anchors and do them for three nights each. Current anchor is a mantra; "Full control." Because it means a lot in regards to my personality. Will report back tomorrow as usual with the results. For now ~6:15 seems like a fine time - I am neither too tired nor too awake to fall back asleep. It seems like my WBTBs are a bit short, though. I'll have to fix that, maybe set a time limit of at least 10 minutes.