How Do You Manipulate Information for Yourself?

i don't think of myself as someone who has good note taking practices, in part because a lot of my childhood was a lot of people trying to solve problems i was having by saying things like, wi have you tried writing it down? What if you kept a planner? And those things just don't work with the way i work. Cause my brain will let something go verses. And i think it sets the people up to be less good at it. You know, if you're taught through school t these ways, and then, you know, long time, i just didn't do it, and i god find in school, so late, youd beat it. But then it