My memory is generally horrible, but I've learned that my ability to recall things improves greatly if I write them down. I learned this from maintaining a moo

My memory is generally horrible, but I've learned that my ability to recall things improves greatly if I write them down. I learned this from maintaining a mood journal for the last year and realizing that I can recall events in my life much more easily than before I did this. This is also how I learned to program. I rewrite examples in tutorials instead of copying and pasting, and I read things instead of watching videos. It has served me extremely well. I can still mostly implement fundamental data structures without hitting Hacker Rank, for example, despite not having done them in quite some time. I also don't bother remembering things I can delegate to memory aids, like my email, calendars, or the Reminders app on my iPhone (which is a ROCK SOLID app; kudos to the developers at Apple who maintain this lifesaving tool). This applies to phone calls, shopping lists, personal events, etc. I said that my memory was horrible earlier because without these aids, I will forget (and have forgotten) stuff all of the time! ymmv, of course. Everyone is different!