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.
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