Thanks for the feedback! The newfound motivation from this class may have worked already, I had a lucid last night! It wasn't long, I'll describe how it happened on here and the actual dream in my DJ.

This was my first non-DILD lucid dream! I used what can be described as the CAN-FILD method. I set an event in my iPhone instead of an alarm, with a single zen chime as the notification. By doing this, I made sure that I would not have to move to turn off the alarm. Anyway, it went off, and I woke up in sleep paralysis. I did not open my eyes, and tried to focus on breathing and going into a dream. However, since this was the first time I felt the experience of complete sleep paralysis, I was excited and my mind kept focusing on the "pressure" sensation on my body. Sure enough, I began to slip out of sleep paralysis. Still very tired, I started trying the FILD (finger induced lucid dream) method where I'd focus on very slight movement of my two fingers. After a very short amount of time, I did a reality check (plugged my nose and tried to breath) and sure enough, I was dreaming!