This has been my experience as well. What does seem to help is a blank sheet of paper on my fridge with the main things I have in it (meats, fishes, main peris

This has been my experience as well. What does seem to help is a blank sheet of paper on my fridge with the main things I have in it (meats, fishes, main perishables), and the various days I plan on fixing them. I generally enjoy cooking but sometimes after work my brain is just too fried to think and having a "sane default" helps me go on autopilot. With the sheet being structureles, I can annotate, cross-out, and change on a whim. This also helps me keep track of freshness when I have things that go bad sooner than others.