Anyone else feel sad realizing you can’t remember details from the best years of your life?

I recently met up with a friend I made while traveling a few years back. It brought back so many amazing memories but it also made me realize how much I had forgotten.

I feel like the details are fading and I fear some entire memories are leaving me too and its only been a few years since I travelled. I don't want this to continue to happen with every era of my life going forward.

Photographs help but I don't take any and if I did they onyl really trigger a memory and they certainly don't contain the details of stories.

Journaling is probably the best but it's just too much hassle and I cannot stay consistent with it so I don't even bother trying anymore.

Curious to see if people feel the same way and if so, have you come up with any solutions other than just accepting it?

How do you document these experiences and do you ever look back on them?