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From activity to activity

"From activity to activity", you see, means nothing more than "from one activity to another activity." In talking about things and when we don't have to distinguish them, one from another, we say "from something to something".

You've heard of people hopping "from job to job" for years without finding their comfort zone, haven't you? You've probably heard of the professional eater in Beijing who goes "from hotel to hotel", and "from conference to conference" to have a free lunch at the buffet offered to participating panel members. From TV, you must have heard of migrants moving "from city to city" in order to give births to children in the hope of getting that evasive son (for the sake of posterity, to be sure) and keep away from family-planning enforcement officials from the hometown.

And the Communist Party, of course, has always been marching "from victory to victory."

Laughs aside, here are more examples from the media (I've done my part as well).

1. from activity to activity:

Chances are, every kid on your block is juggling music lessons, sports practices, theater rehearsals, or a myriad of other extra-curricular activities designed to put them on the track to future success.

Resist the pressure to follow suit, says psychologist Alvin Rosenfeld, author of "The Overscheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap." Today's fast-paced society encourages parents to shuttle their childrenfrom activity to activity, Rosenfeld argues, leaving too little free time to just be a family and enjoy spending time together.