Tips with catching yourself on the verge of sleep

I've noticed that when WILD is attempted it is insanely easier to speed up the process, and get into the hypnotic/sleep paralysis state when, you catch yourself on the verge of sleep, then attempt it. So, I'm wondering, do you guys have any tips on catching yourself on the verge of sleep. Personally, what I do is I count myself to sleep and once I notice that the counting has stopped, I attempt the WILD. The problem with this is that it has a really low success rate due to the simple fact that you just fall asleep. I've looked this up on Google and to my suprise there was no answer. Do you guys have any thing to share relating to this matter?