Oh, my mortal enemy, the long time to go to sleep. I did find that making a plan for the next day, in my mind, before going to bed, and having a chat with my wife about the day drastically reduce the time needed to fall asleep.
I even did a research with the University of Edinbourgh about this, which only marginally improved this problem. The most efficient ways to get this sorted was to go to bed around a set time, wake up at the same time every day (to catch up with the sleep after a while), not eat in bed or watch a screen (bed is only for sleep) avoid screens 2 hours before, do not eat 2 hours before and practice exercices in the morning not late afternoon. Reading also helps me, unless is a good book. All of these improve my issue a little.
And, I think this is a big part of it too. I reckon a lot of the conversation that we used to have that would help us process issues and make us feel safe, has been replaced by Netflix.
Have you tried doing your writing before bed?
Sometimes. Sometimes I do it first thing in the morning, before going to work.