OP, do what you have to do! Make no apologies about it. I have a severe stammer and I do what you are suggesting to do but the old ways. I have a bunch of 6" by 9" clipboards. I have multiple ones throughout my office in my automobiles, at home. Then what I do is the used paper at the office or at home, I fold the paper in half and then cut it. It now gives me 2 pages of "note paper". I use both sides of the paper for notes and to use it when I want to write down what I want to say to a person. The majority of the time they will automatically think you are deaf. At least in my experience. Each clipboard has 30 to 40 "pages" and a pen attached to the clipboard. I write faster than me typing on my notes app of my iPhone. Good luck OP! :-)