Although routine tasks such as brushing our teeth or tying our shoes can seem largely automatic, we actually use motor planning every day and, even for our smallest efforts. Motor planning allows us to instinctively know and remember the individual steps associated with particular movements, giving us the ability to walk without tripping, pick up items, write and draw legibly, get dressed, play games or wash dishes without thinking about the action. Motor planning requires both fine and gross motor skills, both of which need to be practiced regularly in order to become what most of think of as "subconscious".