With poor hearing, it can be a help to write. Besides, the use of head and hand to make a note can be valuable exercise. We make a shopping list that hangs on the refrigerator and we made a list of new shows we might try on our streaming television.
A person can make many notes on a single 8x11 in. piece of paper. I can fold a single sheet and have it in my pocket. Sometimes, it is possible to borrow a pen or pencil from somebody nearby but I have tried carrying a Palm ballpoint by Bazic. They are much shorter and more compact than other ballpoints. https://www.google.com/search?q=Palm+pen+by+Bazic
My main complaint is that the cap is too easily knocked off, possibly inking my pants.
Beyond poor hearing, I experience "senior moments", those times when I cannot recall a name that I know I know. If I wait five or ten minutes, the elusive name often comes to me but who has five or ten minutes? Often a concept I may want to write about is abstract and very forgettable. I have a practice of noting five topics as candidates for the day's blog post. They are often abstract and are quite easily forgotten. I can often forget an idea while searching for paper and pen. I have read that anybody traveling through a doorway increases the chance of forgetting what he is thinking.
My collection of blog posts and my websites serve as helpful repositories of ideas and my history. I have two spiral notebooks of possible blog post topics. I am getting ready to start a third one.
