i have never been good at remembering things im not extremely interested in i also have issues learning things if i cant understand the foundation but once i do the rest is almost effortless long ago i gave up on trying to remember everything now i try to index things in my mind i might not know the details but i can pull them or similar information back up pretty quick honestly in the modern world its pretty pointless to memorize facts about things im not regularly interacting with especially when i literally carry the knowledge of the planet in my pocket im not saying no learning should be done but unless you douse that thing regularly its not worth the storage take math for example everyone should know basic arithmetic fractions simple statistics things like that because you need them to calculate sales tax tips woodworking construction filing taxes figuring out if that article you saw was of statistical importance or being overblown by stupid people pushing stupid ideologies however i dont need to remember the pythagorean theorem though i do remember that one or the formula for calculating compound interest or any number of equations you learn in school as long as you know what the equation is for and how to use it i dont see the necessity to remember the exact order  i just used math as an example this applies to almost any knowledge not regularly used