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Ah wait this need for a "come down" from stimulation might explain a lot of things for me.
If I'm coming down from a long day/walk/etc. the tiredness hits me, but if I don't go to bed and fall asleep fast enough, even if I'm relaxing, then I will no longer be sleepy and will struggle to fall asleep.
I have found a couple things help me pretty reliably. Listen to something calming and repetitive like white noise or rain sounds. Then have a mundane thing to think about and focus on. I will visualize starting with a cube of wood and slowly cutting the edges and corners of to make a sphere. Or imagine I am cleaning a flow with methodic sweeping and mopping.
I play Solitaire on my phone with the screen really dim.
I suspect it works because it's just engaging enough to start, and then the mindless repitition sets in and slows things down.