I realized that I couldn't WILD because I wasn't sleeping before trying it! DUH!

Also, I tried the FILD technique (and slept about 4 hours before trying it). So when I woke up, I started to barely move my fingers like I was instructed to, and I immediately began to feel myself being pulled backwards out of my body and into the couch I was sleeping on. The black and the colors faded into white and then I woke up. Turns out, I'm STILL working on my recall, so after the whiteness, I can't remember my dream. However, it's still really cool to know that I entered the dream on my own.