Brain Damage Method

A long time ago I used to attend a karate course. Sometimes we had a training unit where we practiced a number of totally different techniques with no pauses in between them, or a sequence of katas without breaks. Our trainer called this the brain damage method. In theory it should lead to better coordination of movements and techniques. The reason for that was that you stopped thinking at some point when everything got too confusing. I really loved that and I still stick to that idea.
However my everyday work sometimes seems to be an example for the brain damage method. This week I read Quine, a Latour biography, several scientific papers, some pages of a microbiology book, some EU directives and parts of the Cartagena protocol. In my spare time I read Terry Prachett's Snuff and walked the dog and read the manual of our new washing machine. I read a local newspaper and also the web edition of another paper. I visited Facebook once in a while (too often) and occasionally I watched a crime series on TV: Brain damage method…
The problem is: I don't know what I achieve with my everyday brain damage method. I think I produce a full cup of tea as in the zen story with the zen master and the university professor.
Nevertheless, I like it somehow. I think it enhances the ability to enjoy diversity, different aspects of thinking, different realms of society.
And once in a while I also manage to empty the cup again.