It is important to note that the 'mosaic effect' which is new learning from many bits of seemingly unrelated pieces of information is very real. And it also provides perspective.
When my wife and I were trying to move past being 'so so' skiers (the kind that 'warm up' on the easy runs and then ski the 'green' runs during the day) to more advanced, we were advised that we needed to spend a week somewhere skiing. The point was that over the course of a week you can not only learn techniques but apply them, refine them, and capture that knowledge. More days of skiing all together in one event were more power than the same number of days done on individual weekends.
When I started keeping a notebook about my robotics efforts, the same thing. One or two notes were pretty useless but when you start being able to refer back to the motor you tested 3 months ago and it had a similar issue as the current motor, etc you made more progress.
Lots of information over time is much more valuable than just any single piece of information.