I'm motivated by the same experience. My memory is fading a little, perhaps due to the sheer volume of things I'm trying to remember, or age.
The part about anecdotes hit home, where I'll remember the description for something but not the name, or the name and how it's connected but not enough to really explain it. "I remember it made sense when I was reading it, you'll need to trust me" is not that great.
Agree with the subcomments, the work involved becomes smaller and smaller as your brain gets better at it - somewhat like journaling. If you're willing to put in the extra work at the beginning, it's also a great memory booster. Your brain learns to understand that you intend to remember something, so the connections feel stronger. I definitely recommend it. Even something like a short journal at the end of the day makes a big difference.
The biggest thing is being okay with letting some things go - which has been hard for me, yet has made a huge difference. If you don't have the time to properly put it down to be remembered, accept that it's likely to be lost and move on. If it's important or interesting enough, your mind will remember without the need to save it.
It's a tiny, tiny slice of things that I can ever pull out of the knapsack. Either I've forgotten enough that I don't have enough metadata (or even that they exist), or I remember enough that I can just find it again.
The part about anecdotes hit home, where I'll remember the description for something but not the name, or the name and how it's connected but not enough to really explain it. "I remember it made sense when I was reading it, you'll need to trust me" is not that great.
Agree with the subcomments, the work involved becomes smaller and smaller as your brain gets better at it - somewhat like journaling. If you're willing to put in the extra work at the beginning, it's also a great memory booster. Your brain learns to understand that you intend to remember something, so the connections feel stronger. I definitely recommend it. Even something like a short journal at the end of the day makes a big difference.
The biggest thing is being okay with letting some things go - which has been hard for me, yet has made a huge difference. If you don't have the time to properly put it down to be remembered, accept that it's likely to be lost and move on. If it's important or interesting enough, your mind will remember without the need to save it.
It's a tiny, tiny slice of things that I can ever pull out of the knapsack. Either I've forgotten enough that I don't have enough metadata (or even that they exist), or I remember enough that I can just find it again.