Going Down Memory Lane and missing a turn.

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To write down ideas before they fade into lost memory. I refer to memory not as a terabyte hard disc in my computer but actually my own memory. I sometimes think of things to write about, but before I can jot the ideas on paper, I soon forget. This is a fatal flaw of my own memory. I learned that the drug I take to combat anxiety, Ativan, is a drug that takes away the normal ability to remember things as what science refers to as SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS. So, knowing that I have this flaw, I have to keep paper and pen handy always. If I think of a good subject to write about, I am all too easily made to forget it before I can get it to print because of the distractions of my environment, television, conversations, phone ringing, company and so forth. My own fatal flaw is that my DNA contains certain factors that make memory loss an INHERITED trait in my family, either on my mother's or my father's side of the family tree. One day, I may be faced with having no memory of this day. That is mainly why I learned early in life to take notes and later on in life to become a writer. When I write down my thoughts, I can't completely lose them. So, what do you do to keep track of your thoughts so you can then put them to paper? Are you one of the lucky ones, who takes your memories for granted.