Hell, I can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time. Dumb David… always chomping on his shoes and blowing bubbles with his feet!

Volumes have been written about the mind, brain, deductive reasoning, and whether we can actually multitask or not.

I fall in that latter camp. Attempting to multitask does a disservice to both of the tasks… especially when they deserve focus.

And sometimes, that focus is hard to find. Because our minds are always racing. But, I digress…

Yet, today, I noticed something that made me pause.

I was holding a bowl of Crunch Berries, filled to the brim with milk, in my left hand; holding a spoon and feeding myself said cereal with my right hand; walking around the room; and chewing/crunching my breakfast; all the while thinking of a funny meme to send to a friend about how our mouths scream when we pour that third bowl of Cap’n Crunch.

I didn’t trip or fall. I didn’t spill the milk. Nor dribble milk down my chin. I didn’t bite the inside of my cheek, nor my tongue—lord knows, I do that enough in daily life… especially when distracted.

So, clearly multitasking is possible.

Although, the argument can be made that it is only possible with activities so ingrained into our instinct they require no thought.

Eating, largely instinctual since birth. Walking less so. Holding a bowl of liquid requiring balance, even less so—plus we’ll lose this first as we age, no?

And normally, I eat left-handed, because that hand is steadier… which is precisely the reason it was required to hold the bowl and I was eating with my right.

So… is it possible to transfer some of our more menial tasks to our instinctual, subconscious mind? And truly multitask with actual tasks?

Maybe. Just maybe.