My sister is far far richer and more successful than I am. She once told me that every night the last thing she'd do was to make a mental list of things to do tomorrow. That was it. Nothing written down.
Life hack - you'll have fewer fights if you have Wife XOR Girlfriend, and not Wife OR Girlfriend :-)
On topic, I'm pretty much the same - my own brain sabotages me via nerd-sniping more often than any enemy ever could.
I don't really think there's anything to be done about it, TBH.