Old thread but how I capture places and people I hold dearly is with stereograms. You basically make a photo for your left and right eye which results in a 3D still image. You can then learn viewing techniques (cross-eyed/parallel) so you can see them anytime or you can use a vr box for your phone. I find those much truer to reality than regular photos and they're quite easy to make with specialized apps. To me it's like looking into a snowglobe but of anything you want
What you're describing sounds like the 4 stages of competence
- Unconscious incompetence
- Conscious incompetence
- Conscious competence
- Unconscious competence
Everyone goes through these whenever you aquire a new skill
I had this too until I discovered my router doesn't allow communication between devices connected to the 5GHz band. 2.4GHz works fine so now I have everything connected to that