How to remember?

[Byaah]

When you first started out smoking cigars, what did you do to remember what you liked and what you did not like?

Do you jot down notes? Make a private blog? Keep the label/wrapper?

There is so much info, just trying to keep up with brands is to much, trying to remember what leaf everything was and age seems like and overwhelming task but I don't wish to just drop money and not remember.