There are some ways to do this, but the easiest way is to simply stack up your permanents in piles for what they are (tapped permanents, untapped permanents, hand), and then take a small piece of paper and write what each is
It is always indicated by mana symbols
Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact or creature to activate a mana ability to pay a cost with waterbend, that artifact or creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for waterbend
Try to get a case or card protectors for your cards
You get to draw two cards, play an Artifact for free, copy one of your permanents, spread three +1/+1 counters over your creatures, and destroy one of your opponents cards
From Hardened Scales for one-cost to increase it by one +1/+1 counter when they arrive to four mana 4/4 Golgari colored dork called Corpsejack Menace that doubles them