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What is it that drives me?

Reflections on motivation from 92 days of parental leave.

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Mathias Jakobsen
Apr 04, 2025
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Mathias is a recovering writer who writes about writing as a way of living. He is currently obsessed with running and cycling.

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I'm on parental leave with Sonja. This is day 93, and there's about a month until I go back to work. One of the things I've been thinking about a lot lately is motivation.

When it comes to my physical exercise I've …

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