Last night was successful for me! I repeated the mantra "I will be aware when I awake" and "I will know when I awake" over in my head, and thought about what it means. The trick was that I had to think about it, not just repeat the words over and over . I woke up multiple times throughout the night, and was aware.

One time I even woke up, but with my eyes closed, and I wasn't moving so I tried your DEILD method. I didn't really have a dream to go off of though because I didn't remember what my dream was before. I have been working on my dream journal though, and currently remember about two dreams a night. I am not disappointed though because that mantra worked for me, and now I will start moving towards waking up still and with my eyes closed, and after that a successful LD.

Thanks for this!