Need help staying aware

[MariosDrougas]

I get the part where you shouldn't treat wild as something different from sleep but I got these problems after trying to wild many times last night: I first woke up at 5:00 and tried wild instantly after waking up. I suspect I should try to become more aware before trying to wild because I fell asleep very fast. I made my alarm go off after another hour (should have made it 15 mins imo). after waking up I didn't even wild but I put my alarm to go off another hour later. I woke up at 7 only to fall asleep again and woke up naturally at 8:30. I was pretty aware ( probably because my melatonin levels were dropping thanks to apollo) so I attempted to wild and couldn't fall asleep. Question time: >Should I try to become slightly more aware? > how can I use meditation and especially mantras (in the real world mantras discipline me really well but they keep me aware too which makes me doubt if I can go to sleep with them)