I believe most women multitask. You also see them around you — preparing different dishes at the same time, doing their own work while teaching kids, talking to someone and doing other stuff too. I am one of them. Doing my work while taking care of my kid is one of them.
Sometimes I feel so proud to manage everything simultaneously, but other times I don't want to think about other tasks. But my lovely brain is always on the next task or pending work, which I can do in continuity with the current task, like making chapatti and boiling milk, filling a water bottle, or buying groceries from Big Basket.
So yes, I do this a lot, but when I do, I feel pressure to be 100% available for every task. But it is not possible. The problem isn't my brain; it's the primitive part of my brain, which evolved millions of years before the logical part.
Back then, males had to hunt, and females had to take care of other things. Since then, females have handled multiple things at once, while men have had one job: providing food for the family. This is why females do multitasking.
I've found that this takes more energy than doing a single task. Sometimes it also takes more time than completing one task at a time, because we keep shifting our focus from one thing to another, and something goes wrong.
What's harder is unlearning this habit, because I feel it runs in our DNA. So it takes extra effort not to do it. Sometimes I multitask; other times I reject it. I put one thing on hold, but even then, a constant knocking runs in my head that I have to do a certain task. I keep challenging my brain, because multitasking feels like home to it — and that's exactly what I don't want. I'll accept or reject the request. It helps me avoid fitting into a mould.
It's less a balance act and more a juggling act.
Please try this and let me know.