We think the goal is remembering everything. But what if, and stay with me, the goal is forgetting the right things?

There is abundant research that remembering everything is a heavy burden and that forgetfulness of the right things is a blessing and not a curse.

Remembering and forgetting are equally important skills. Strategic forgetting is as important (if not more important) than never forgetting anything. Beware of systems or workflows that are designed the capture everything.

He who remembers everything remembers nothing.