There are three learning styles - tactile, visual and auditory.
I am a visual and tactile learner. That means that just telling me a bunch of facts and figures will result in zero retention on my part. They make a lovely “whoosing” noise as they go flying beside my ears but none of it makes its way inside my brain to stay for a visit.
It’s why I love the Bill Bryson books. He is best known for The Short History of Everything - his books work for me because because he tells us stories. Really interesting and factually accurate information but wrapped up in stories that stay with me long after the details fade.
Jesus did the exact same thing - he wandered about telling people stories that related to their day to day lives at that point in history. They gave us a visual picture to hold onto long after he left the village and eventually the planet.
My memory loss increases but what I am continuing to hold onto are stories. Tell me a story that will move me in some way and I have a good chance of remembering that. Tell me about Mrs Whats-her-name from down the road and I am lost to you already. I nod and chat and appear to keep up but I can feel the essence of this chatter will be ultimately lost and it usually is. My brain appears to be quite picky!
For instance, I cannot tell you what I did yesterday other than I had a lovely chance encounter on a bus with a friend. That is what my brain squirreled away to hold onto, that made an impact and so it has been retained. The rest is a blur and I am sure good things happened and yet that is all that remains.
Never stop telling your stories, even if you feel that nobody is listening. You are always listening to yourself and so the most important audience member is present.
Tell yourself about how you feel now, what you wish for in the future and all the other millions of things in-between. Never stop.