Is there a single word for activities which you do to keep your curiosity or interests in a certain field alive. I mean is there some word that conveys the idea that the series of activities were intentional and purposefully undertaken to keep our interests in a certain area.
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Well if you are doing an activity which is intended to maintain a skill then it can be called an exercise. Your question refers specifically to curiosity and interest (motivation). So in that case I would use the words motivational exercises. |
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I've used "avocation" to describe that kind of activity or interest. A musician friend of mine likes to say that music is both his vocation and avocation.
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I don't think it's at all likely there would be a noun denoting activities pursued in order to maintain one's interest in some particular field (rather than doing things because you're interested in them). Some useful expressions for explaining that you do engage in such activities include, for example, for interest's sake I buy another Lego kit every so often, just to keep my hand in. |
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"Practice" should work, though it does require some context to identify what sort of activities you're doing (programming practice, football practice, etc). |
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I believe there is a good difference between curiosity and interest. One can do activities to keep one's interest in something alive. But curiosity is something that soon falls off when the related activities continue. So, the whole idea of doing activities to keep your curiosity alive looks unrealistic to me. I agree with Fumble Fingers and keep my hand in appears to be the closest you can get. |
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