Q: I tried this, but I ended up being awake, bored, and with nothing to do for 8 hours, and I just keep telling myself to go to sleep until my sleep time period is over, and I tried my hardest to become unconcious, but nothing worked, so I had to wait out the time period minute by minute. Second by
  second.
A: this sounds like exactly the situation you would be in if you were trying to sleep after sleeping too recently, such as less than 14-16 hours ago. You yourself pointed out that you are not thrilled by sleep. so it is not a surprise to me that you are finding it impossible to sleep when you don't actually even want to