I rarely try and remember much more than there being a thing that does a thing, and then skim the reference to get the syntax correct when I need it. Things go

I rarely try and remember much more than there being a thing that does a thing, and then skim the reference to get the syntax correct when I need it. Things go in if I am using them regularly and go away again when I don't and I don't worry about it or think that I have forgotten how to do a thing. I also know that learning something again when it has disappeared almost completely, often leads to a deeper understanding of the thing, possibly because new connections have to be made before what is left of the original network gets lit up again, so even complete bewilderment at something I used to do regularly doesn't faze me all that much, I just get back on it in the knowledge that I will discover things I missed the first time round.