Read the maual from time to time to keep yourself fresh
For me this is the problem…… I want to take nice photos, I have a modest SLR cos the image quality is good, and the shutter lag is minimal, but the pages and pages of bloody instructions. Every time I get the camera out I've forgotten how most of the buttons are supposed to work. It's also far to big and heavy to lug around on the off chance of seeing something worth photographing.
These days I just use the camera on my phone….. maybe it's the singlespeed of the photography world? I can take the photo, crop, adjust and upload to the web in minutes.