Thing is, I used to have an excellent memory. I could recall a four year old blog post I read once and instinctively know, whether it would help me with my current task (or enough of it to solve it right away).
But now my memory is failing me (overload? stress? who knows). I still instinctively know I've read something related to something but I can't remember enough for it to help me, nor to find it again. I can't remember the punch-line, or if there even was one. It makes for the most boring and cringe anecdotes you've ever heard. "Oh, yeah! I read about that, there was a thing and then there was a conclusion. I'm not sure on the thing and the conclusion could go either way." Worthless. Yet I still go for it, because I'm used to remember enough of it for it to be helpful/relevant. Now I can barely trust what I do think I remember.
I've come to the same conclusion. Schema on write. But as is noted "It is a lot of work.". And I'm struggling. Because previously the very useful and rewarding "hoarding" (wasn't set out to hoard information, was just a side effect driven by curiosity) was dirt cheap. But now it takes a lot of work to condense, and it isn't at all clear that the effort is worth it. For sure it depends. But even the act of looking up condensed information tilts the scale a bit, you ~need to know that the thing you are looking for exists in the first place or it might just become another distraction. But it doesn't matter, I'm too tired for it anyway and my mind refuses to adapt. Wanting more, but I can't cope and gets nothing done.
More than a schema and order I need balance, perhaps by (forcefully?) constrain myself. Someone on HN tried text-mode-only linux ( recommend the read/skim https://dev.to/jackdoe/tty-only-1ijn ). Maybe. I am lost. (hence the ramble)